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Man is the nobler growth our realms supply, / And souls are ripen'd in our northern sky.
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The lines praise human beings as the finest product of their lands. “Nobler growth” compares people to something cultivated, while “ripen’d” suggests that life beneath the northern sky develops mature, worthy souls. The passage therefore presents the people of the north as especially elevated in character.
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