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Edward Gibbon

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In every deed of mischief he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute.
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Vol. 1, Chap. 48. Compare: "He had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute any mischief", Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (on Hampden), History of the Rebellion, Vol. iii, Book vii, Section 84.

 
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