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“HERE THEN IS THE TRUE PARNASSUS, CASTALIA AND THE MUSES: IN THE WALKS AND SHADES OF TREES THE NOBLEST RAPTURES HAVE BEEN CONCEIVED. HERE POETS HAVE MADE THEIR VERSES, ORATORS THEIR PANEGYRICS, HISTORIANS GRAVE RELATIONS, AND THE PROFOUND PHILOSOPHERS HAVE PASSED THEIR LIVES IN REPOSE AND CONTEMPLATION. PARADISE ITSELF WAS BUT A KIND OF NEMOROUS TEMPLE.” EVELYN.