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History and elegy are akin. The word “history” comes from an ancient Greek verb ίστωρειν meaning “to ask.” One who asks about things—about their dimensions, weight, location, moods, names, holiness, smell—is an historian. But the asking is
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“I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.”
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“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
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Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
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“Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.”
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“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
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“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
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