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It is difficult, with his present position in history, especially when taken in relation to the now well-certified worthlessness of his contemporaries, to realize to the imagination the full extent of his infamy.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. by Various

He is another witness to us of a well-certified truth, that deep thoughts, while they are in process, not in repose, are sad thoughts.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 by Various