“A multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind, and unfitting it for all voluntary exertion to reduce it to a state of almost savage torpor.”
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Wordsworth, W. (n.d.). A multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind, and unfitting it for all voluntary exertion to reduce it to a state of almost savage torpor. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/22238-a-multitude-of-causes-unknown-to-former-times/
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Wordsworth, William. “A multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind, and unfitting it for all voluntary exertion to reduce it to a state of almost savage torpor.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/22238-a-multitude-of-causes-unknown-to-former-times/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.
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Wordsworth, William. “A multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind, and unfitting it for all voluntary exertion to reduce it to a state of almost savage torpor.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/22238-a-multitude-of-causes-unknown-to-former-times/.