“The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman.”
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“Youth, large, lusty, loving—Youth, full of grace, force, fascination!”
“Do you know that Old Age may come after you, with equal grace, force, fascination?”
“To me every hour of the light and dark is a miracle, every cubic inch of space is a miracle.”
“Society waits unformed and is between things ended and things begun.”
“What do you suppose will satisfy the soul except to walk free and own no superior?”
“Give me the splendid silent sun, with all his beams full-dazzling!”
“Praised be the fathomless universe for life and joy and for objects and knowledge curious.”
“Come lovely and soothing death, undulate round the world, serenely arriving, arriving.”
“Over all the sky—the sky! far, far out of reach, studded with the eternal stars.”
“All, all for immortality, love like the light silently wrapping all.”
“The paths to the house I seek to make, but leave to those to come the house itself.”
“Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There's no better rule.”
“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for any one else.”
“A person who can't pay, gets another person who can't pay, to guarantee that he can pay.”