Heaven knows that there are plenty of opportunities in later life, too, for being carried away. What of it? We remain what we are and, no doubt, it is all very good for us!
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In old age we are like a batch of letters that someone has sent. We are no longer in the past, we have arrived.
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I have had much to learn from Sweden's poetry and, more especially, from her lyrics of the last generation.
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Were I more conversant with literature and its great names, I could go on quoting them ad infinitum and acknowledge my debt for the merit you have been generous enough to find in my work.
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