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"The chief end in all my labours is to vex the world rather than diert it; and if I could compass that design without hurting my own person or fortune, I would be the most indefatigable writer you have ever seen without reading" - Johnathon Swift in a letter to the Pope 29th September 1725, according to "Camelot Classic - Prose writing of Swift" chosen and arranged by Walter Lewin, 1886. — This unsigned comment was added by 203.35.25.141 (talk). (in this edit)

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understand[edit]

to understand something fully and completely (formal) 
far more than the average mind can compass
Microsoft® Encarta® 2009

--Backinstadiums (talk) 12:13, 24 February 2020 (UTC)Reply