It is, in truth, the most absurd of all suppositions, that … - Anna Laetitia Barbauld

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It is, in truth, the most absurd of all suppositions, that a human being can be educated, or even nourished and brought up, without imbibing numberless prejudices from every thing which passes around him.

Anna Laetitia Barbauld

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Anna Letitia Barbauld (June 20, 1743 – March 9, 1825) was an English poet and miscellaneous writer.

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Alternative Names: Anna Laetitia Aiken • Anna Letitia Barbauld • Anna Lætitia Barbauld • Ann Letitia Barbauld • Anna (Laetitia) Barbauld

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So when destruction lurks unseen, Which men like mice may share, May some kind angel clear thy path, And break the hidden snare.

It would be difficult to determine whether the age is growing better or worse; for I think our plays are growing like sermons, and our sermons like plays.

With Thee in shady solitudes I walk,
With Thee in busy, crowded cities talk,
In every creature own Thy forming power,
In each event Thy providence adore.

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