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Our disputants put me in mind of the cuttle-fish, that when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens all the water about him till he becomes invisible.

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Addison, Joseph. The Spectator. London, 5 Sept. 1712, no. 476.

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Wide and undetermined Prospects are as pleasing to the Fancy, as the Speculations of Eternity or Infinitude are to the Understanding.

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Addison, Joseph. "Monday, June 23, 1712." The Spectator, 1712, no. 412.

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