Seek not the measure of matter; fix your gaze Upon the power of reason, not of bulk; For reason 'tis that all things overcomes. (Marcus Manilius)

Seek not the measure of matter; fix your gaze Upon the power of reason, not of bulk; For reason 'tis that all things overcomes.

Marcus Manilius

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