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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.
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