Some must be great. Great offices will have Great talents. And God gives to every man The virtue, temper, understanding, taste, That fits him for the place.
William CowperSource: The Task (1785)
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Some must be great. Great offices will have Great talents. And God gives to every man The virtue, temper, understanding, taste, That fits him for the place.
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