| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 5406 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Moore (17791852) |
| QUOTATION: | The minds of some of our statesmen, like the pupil of the human eye, contract themselves the more, the stronger light there is shed upon them. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Preface to Corruption and Intolerance. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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