Edward Young: How empty learning, and how vain is art, But as it mends the life, and guides the heart!

How empty learning, and how vain is art, But as it mends the life, and guides th — Edward Young

How empty learning, and how vain is art, But as it mends the life, and guides the heart!

Edward Young

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