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"The universe is wider than our view of it."

"Not till we are lost, in other words, not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize where we are and the infinite extent of our relations."

"A written word is the choicest of relics. It is something at once more intimate with us and more universal than any other work of art. It is the work of art nearest to life itself. It may be breathed from all human lips; not be represented on canvas or in marble only, but be carved out of the breath of life itself."

"I have frequently seen a poet withdraw, having enjoyed the most valuable part of a farm, while the crusty farmer supposed that he had got a few wild apples only, Why, the owner does not know it for many years when a poet has put his farm in rhyme, the most admirable kine of invisible fence. has fairly impounded it, milked it, skimmed it, and got all the cream, and left the farmer only skimmed milk."

"One generation abandons the enterprises of another like stranded vessels."

"I should not talk so much about myself if there were any body else whom I knew as well."