| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 3244 |
| AUTHOR: | Joseph Addison (16721719) |
| QUOTATION: | Should the whole frame of Nature round him break, In ruin and confusion hurled, He, unconcerned, would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure amidst a falling world. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Horace. Ode iii. Book iii. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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