The muffled syllables that Nature speaksFill us with deeper longing for her word; She hides a meaning that the spirit seeks,She makes a sweeter music ...
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If a man really knew himself he would utterly despise the ignorant notions others might form on a subject in which he had such matchless opportunities...
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Everything in nature is lyrical in its ideal essence, tragic in its fate, and comic in its existence.
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The earth has its music for those who will listen.
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By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond man's power to answer do not occur to him at all.
