I think, then, that man, after having satisfied his first longing for facts, wanted something fuller - some grouping, some adaptation to his capacity and experience, of the links of this vast chain of events which his sight could not take in.
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What is the use of theorizing as to wherein lies the charm that moves us?
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Do you not see with your own eyes the chrysalis fact assume by degrees the wings of fiction?
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Of what use is the memory of facts, if not to serve as an example of good or of evil?
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Silence alone is great all else is feebleness ... Perform with all your heart your long and heavy task.... Then as do I, say naught, but suffer and die.
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