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Facts and Fancies for the Curious

by Charles C. Bombaugh

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Prayer

Angelo. When I would pray and think, I think and pray
To several subjects; heaven hath my empty words,
While my invention, hearing not my tongue,
Anchors on Isabel. “Measure for Measure,” ii, 4.

Claudius. My words fly up, my thoughts remain below;
Words, without thoughts, never to heaven go.
          “Hamlet,” iii, 4.

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