Mock on, mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau. Mock on, mock on - 'tis all in vain! You throw the sand against the wind, And the wind blows it back again. (William Blake)

Mock on, mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau. Mock on, mock on - 'tis all in vain! You throw the sand against the wind, And the wind blows it back again.

William Blake

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