Duke of Edinburgh/dukes of Gloucester and Edinburgh Second Creation 1764%e2%80%931834

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    That very knowing,
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    I hate the whole race.... There is no believing a word they say—your professional poets, I mean—there never existed a more worthless set than Byron and his friends for example.
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    There is an incompatibility between literary creation and political activity.
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