I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do not remain humble and meek long when they are exalted.
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Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.
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Stowed away in a Montreal lumber room The Discobolus standeth and turneth his face to the wall Dusty, cobweb-covered, maimed and set at naught, Beauty crieth in an attic and no man regardeth O God O Montreal.
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To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should ever know him at all. I know not which is more childish to deny him, or define him.
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