And This Is That Homer's Golden Chain, Which Reacheth Down From Heaven To Earth, By Which Every Creature Is Annexed, And Depends On His Creator.

And This Is That Homer's Golden Chain, Which Reacheth Down From Heaven To Earth, By Which Every Creature Is Annexed, And Depends On His Creator.

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And this is that Homer's golden chain, which reacheth down from heaven
to earth, by which every creature is annexed, and depends on his Creator.
-- Robert Burton (1577-1640)
-- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part iii, Sect. 1, Memb. 2, Subsect. 1

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