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The Ruling Passion, Be It What It Will, The Ruling Passion Conquers Reason Still.
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The ruling passion, be it what it will,
The ruling passion conquers reason still.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
-- Moral Essays, Epistle iii, Line 153
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