To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.
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When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind.
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Our life dreams the Utopia. Our death achieves the Ideal.
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Be like a bird That pausing in her flight Awhile on boughs to light, Feels them give way Beneath her and yet sings, Knowing that she hath wings.
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