But, since life teems with ill,
Nurse no extravagant hope.
(The Hymn Of Empedocles)
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Not that your age excelIn pride of life the ages of your sires,
But that you think clear, feel deep, bear fruit well,
The Friend of man desires.
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Not a having and a resting, but a growing and becoming, is the character of perfection as culture conceives it.
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Culture is acquainting ourselves with the best that has been known and said in the world, and thus with the history of the human spirit.
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Come away, children, call no more!
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Forgive me, masters of the mind!
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Tired of knocking at Preferment's door.
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