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Let us Act with cool prudence, & with ^ [[addition]] manly [[/addition]] temper As well as manly firmness 'Tis godlike magnanimity to keep (When most provok'd) our reason calm & clear, And Execute her will from a strong sense Of what is right, without the vulgar aid Of heat & passion, which tho' honest, --bears us Often too far.-- A noble temper shines thro' his fault and gilds [[underline]] them [[/underline]] into Virtue.-- His years but young, but his Experience old His head unmellow'd, --but his judgment ripe And in a word, (so far behind his worth Come all the praises that I now bestow) He is complete in feature & in mind With all good grace, to grace a Gentlema
