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November 3, 2026

"We can make majors and officers every year, but not scholars."

Robert BurtonRobert Burton
English-language literature
1577 – 1640
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Robert Burton was an English author and fellow of Oxford University, known for his encyclopedic The Anatomy of Melancholy.

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