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A Word To The Wise
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DR. BALGUY, a preacher of great celebrity, after having preached an
excellent discourse at Winchester Cathedral, the text of which was, All
wisdom is sorrow, received the following elegant compliment from Dr.
Wharton, then at Winchester school:--
If what you advance, dear doctor, be true,
That wisdom is sorrow, how wretched are you.
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