Meek-eyed parents hasten down the ramps To greet their offspring, terrible from camps.
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Women are the fulfilled sex. Through our children we are able to produce our own immortality, so we lack that divine restlessness which sends men charging off in pursuit of fortune or fame or an imagined Utopia. That is why we number so few geniuses among us. The wholesome oyster wears no pearl, the healthy whale no ambergris, and as long as we can keep on adding to the race, we harbor a sort of health within ourselves.
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The story tells us, too, That if you cut a pine cone part way through, You find it bears within it like a brand The imprint of His hand.
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Praise is warming and desirable. But it is an earned thing. It has to be deserved, like a hug from a child.
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