Nor bring to see me cease to live, Some doctor full of phrase and fame, To shake his sapient head, and give; The ill he cannot cure a name. (Matthew Arnold)

Nor bring to see me cease to live, Some doctor full of phrase and fame, To shake his sapient head, and give; The ill he cannot cure a name.

Matthew Arnold

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