The ordinary novel would trace the history of the diamond - but I say, Diamond, what This is carbon.' And my diamond may be coal or soot and my theme is carbon.
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It was cold, and he was coughing. A fine cold draught blew over the knoll. He thought of the woman. Now he would have given all he had or ever might have to hold her warm in his arms, both of them wrapped in one blanket, and sleep. All hopes of eternity and all gain from the past he would have given to have her there, to be wrapped warm with him in one blanket, and sleep, only sleep. It seemed the sleep with the woman in his arms was the only necessity.
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Behold then Septimus Dodge returning to Dodge-town victorious. Not crowned with laurel, it is true, but wreathed in lists of things he has seen and sucked dry. Seen and sucked dry, you know Venus de Milo, the Rhine or the Coliseum swallowed like so many clams, and left the shells.
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The upshot was, my paintings must burn that English artists might finally learn.
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