We insist on self-roasting, by slow degrees, and at regular… - Samuel Laman Blanchard

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We insist on self-roasting, by slow degrees, and at regular intervals, to show our contempt for experience, and to develop our chief virtue, which is obstinacy.

Samuel Laman Blanchard

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Samuel Laman Blanchard (May 15, 1804 – February 15, 1845) was an English poet, essayist and journalist.

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