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Standing armies can never consist of resolute robust men; they may be well-disciplined machines, but they will seldom contain men under the influence of strong passions, or with very vigorous faculties.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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Man,” I cried, “how ignorant art thou in thy pride of wisdom!
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MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY

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I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel.
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Accumulation Although Dear Defend May
Supremely frightful would be the effect of any human endeavor to mock the stupendous mechanism of the Creator of the world.
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Creator Endeavor Endeavour World
There is something at work in my soul, which I do not understand.
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From my infancy I was imbued with high hopes and a lofty ambition.
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I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend. Make me happy, and I shall again be virtuous.
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Happy Made Make Misery
But I am a blasted tree; the bolt has entered my soul; and I felt then that I should survive to exhibit what I shall soon cease to be – a miserable spectacle of wrecked humanity, pitiable to others and intolerable to myself.
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Enter Humanity Soul Tree
But soon, I shall die, and what I now feel be no longer felt. Soon these burning miseries will be extinct.
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Burning Extinct Feel Misery
What can stop the determined heart and resolved will of man?
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