85% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
What turned up
Letter to John Hamilton Reynolds, 19 February 1818. Quotation ends at the sentence's own clause break; the letter continues into a separate spider-web metaphor.
Work
Letter to John Hamilton Reynolds
Sources checked
en.wikiquote.orgChecked using claude-sonnet-5, 21 August 2026raw wikitext fetch, exact letter text + citation
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