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readily although feebly followed every direction
In such experiments with this patient, I had never perfectly succeeded before, and assuredly I had little thought of succeeding now; but to my astonishment, his arm very readily, although feebly, followed every direction I assigned it with mine.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 by Edgar Allan Poe

reason And fling for ever down
Wilt thou demolish the tower of reason, And fling for ever down into the dust The caution time brought me, the lessons life taught me, And put in their places my old sweet trust?
— from Poems of Sentiment by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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