A great black bird, Apollyon's bosom-friend, / Sailed past, nor beat his wide wing dragon-penned / That brushed my cap—perchance the guide I sought.

1823, Adam Hodgson, A Letter to M. Jean-Baptiste Say: On the Comparative Expense of Free and Slave Labour

We need to keep sight of our fundamental duty to the older generations.

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