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Desire] Is A Perpetual Rack, Or Horsemill, According To Austin, Still Going Round As In A Ring.
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[Desire] is a perpetual rack, or horsemill, according to Austin, still
going round as in a ring.
-- Robert Burton (1577-1640)
-- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part i, Sect. 2, Memb. 3, Subsect. 11
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