I looked for peace, and thought it near.
(Modern Love XLVIII: Their Sense)
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Of love, the grand impulsion, we beholdThe love that lends her grace
Among the starry fold.
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Our tragedy, is it alive or dead?
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I expect that Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man.
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Cultivated men and women who do not skim the cream of life, and are attached to the duties, yet escape the harder blows, make acute and balanced observers
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Peace can I achieve,
By turning to this fountain-source of woe,
This woman, who's to Love as fire to wood?
George Meredith
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