Were I so tall to reach the pole, Or grasp the ocean with my span, I must be measured by my soul The mind 's the standard of the man. (Isaac Watts)

Were I so tall to reach the pole, Or grasp the ocean with my span, I must be measured by my soul The mind 's the standard of the man.

Isaac Watts

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