In private places, among sordid objects, an act of truth or heroism seems at once to draw to itself the sky as its temple, the sun as its cradle. Nature stretches out her arms to embrace man, only let his thoughts be of equal greatness.
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The mob is man voluntarily descending to the nature of the beast. Its fit hour of activity is night. Its actions are insane like its whole constitution. It persecutes a principle it would whip a right it would tar and feather justice, by inflicting fire and outrage upon the houses and persons of those who have these. It resembles the prank of boys, who run with fire-engines to put out the ruddy aurora streaming to the stars.Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sooner of later that which is now life shall be poetry, and every fair and manly trait shall add a richer strain to the song.
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Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables him to do easily some feat impossible to any other.
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Nations have lost their old omnipotence the patriotic tie does not hold. Nations are getting obsolete, we go and live where we will.
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I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.
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Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.
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