Now it is more noble to sit like Jove than to fly like Mercury--let us not therefore go hurrying about and collecting honey-bee like, buzzing here and there from a knowledge of what is to be arrived at. But let us open our leaves like a flower and be...receptive--budding patiently under the eyes of Apollo and taking hints from every noble insect that favors us with a visit--sap will be given us for Meat and dew for drink.
-John Keats, Letter to J.H. Reynolds, Feb. 19, 1818
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That's a great quote, but I'd rather fly like Mercury.
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