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I am enjoying to a full that period of reflection which is the happiest conclusion to a life of action.

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Where there is great love there are always wishes.

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Beautiful surroundings, the society of learned men, the charm of noble women, the graces of art, could not make up for the loss of those light-hearted...more

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I was entirely happy. Perhaps we feel like that when we die and become a part of something entire, whether it is sun and air. or goodness and knowledg...more

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I was something that lay under the sun and felt it, like the pumpkins, and I did not want to be anything more. I was entirely happy. Perhaps we feel l...more

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As I went back alone over that familiar road, I could almost believe that a boy and girl ran along beside me, as our shadows used to do, laughing and ...more

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I slept that night in the room I used to have when I was a little boy, with the summer wind blowing in at the windows, bringing the smell of the ripe ...more

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That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great. When it comes to one, it comes as naturally as sleep.