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The higher we look on the scale of strength and individuality, the more isolated we see that the nature and habits of creatures are. The eagle chooses his eyrie in the bleakest solitude; the condor affects the deserted empyrean; the leopard prowls through the jungle by himself; the lion has a lonely lair. So with men. While savages, like the Hottentots, gibber in their kraals, and, among civilized nations, the dissipated and the frivolous collect in clubs and assemblies, dreading to be left in s
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― The Solitudes of Nature and of Man; or, The Loneliness of Human Life
― The Solitudes of Nature and of Man; or, The Loneliness of Human Life
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Man's savagery is unmatched. Compared to his savagery, the cruelty of the animal world looks almost benign.
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― FLOWERS OF STARDUST
― FLOWERS OF STARDUST
