From Spence's "Anecdotes, Observations, and Characters of Books and Men." A Selection, edited by John Underhill
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"Mr Addison wrote a letter to Mr. Pope, when young, in which he desired him not to list himself under either party. 'You,' says he, 'who well deserve the praise of the whole nation, should never content yourself with the half of it.'" -- Pope
From Biographical Anecdotes
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