Were I So Tall To Reach The Pole, Or Grasp The Ocean With My Span, I Must Be Measured By My Soul

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Were I so tall to reach the pole,
Or grasp the ocean with my span,
I must be measured by my soul:
The mind 's the standard of the man.
-- Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
-- Horae Lyricae, Book ii, False Greatness

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