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Were I so tall to reach the pole,
Or grasp the ocean with my span,
I must be measured by my soul:
The mind 's the standard of the man.

Source: Hor? Lyric?, Book ii. False Greatness.
-- Isaac Watts, (Jul 17 1674-1748), English minister; He is regarded as the father of English hymnody and best known for When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, 1707.

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