| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 3219 |
| AUTHOR: | Joseph Addison (16721719) |
| QUOTATION: | The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers, And heavily in clouds brings on the day, The great, the important day, big with the fate Of Cato and of Rome. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Cato. Act i. Sc. 1. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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