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“For wisest ends this universal Power Gave appetites, from whose quick impulse life Subsists, by which we only live, all life Insipid else, unactive, unenjoy'd. Hence to this peopled earth, which, that extinct, That flame for propagation, soon would roll A lifeless mass, and vainly cumber heaven.”

Ends Earth Heaven Mass Universal Impulse Flames Appetite Wisest Lifeless Insipid Propagation

Book:The forced marriage, a tragedy. Sketches: or, Essays on various subjects, by Launcelot Temple, Esq

Source: The forced marriage, a tragedy. Sketches: or, Essays on various subjects, by Launcelot Temple, Esq

“Our appetites, of one or another kind, are excellent spurs to our reason, which might otherwise but feebly set about the great ends of preserving and continuing the species.”

Kind Ends Reason Might Species Excellent Appetite Continuing Spurs

Book:The Essays of Elia: First Series - Second Series

Source: The Essays of Elia: First Series - Second Series