 The one was fire and fickleness, a child Most mutable in wishes, but in mind A wit as various,— gay, grave, sage, or wild,— Historian, bard, philosopher, combined; He multiplied himself among mankind, The Proteus of their talents: But his own Breathed...  Calendar of Dalhousie College and University - Page xixby Dalhousie University - 1888Full view - About this book
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