On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
Imagination has given figure and character to centaurs, satyrs, and down to all the fairy tribe; but titles baffle even the powers of fancy, and are a chimerical nondescript.
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “Imagination has given figure and character to centaurs, satyrs, and down to all the fairy tribe; but titles baffle even…”
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Paine argues that aristocratic titles are so devoid of meaning that they defy even the imaginative power to conceive of them.
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