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Pleasure is the rock which most young people split upon. They launch out with crowded sails in quest of it, but without a compass to direct their course, or reason sufficient to steer the vessel; for want of which, pain and shame, instead of pleasure, are the returns of their voyage. #Chesterfield1774
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‘One must be extremely exact, clear, and perspicuous in everything one says; otherwise instead of entertaining or informing others, one only tires and puzzles them.’ #Chesterfield1774
#HarryHolt #Genealogy #Pugilist #Holt #SportsHistory #Bareknuckle #Boxing #Prizefighter #Regency #Georgian #C19th #19thCentury #History