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Continued work and application form my soul’s nourishment. So soon as I commenced to rest and relax I should cease to live.
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Application Live Myself Nourishment Soul Work
To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
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Calculation Love
Events appear sad, pleasant, or painful, not because they are so in reality, but because we believe them to be so and the light in which we look at them depends upon our own judgment.
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Appearance Judgement Ourselves Pain Reality Sadness
When the poet died his cat was put to death and mummified.
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Animal Cat Death Poet
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.
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Argument Grief Himself
And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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Music Myself Tears Touch
What name to call thee by, O virgin fair, I know not, for thy looks are not of earth And more than mortal seems thy countenances.
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Earth Known Moral Myself Name
Often have I wondered with much curiosity as to our coming into this world and what will follow our departure.
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Curiosity Follow Wonder World
For style beyond the genius never dares.
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Beyond Dare Genius Style
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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Cure Disgust Mother
It may be only glory that we seek here, but I persuade myself that, as long as we remain here, that is right. Another glory awaits us in heaven and he who reaches there will not wish even to think of earthly fame.
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Fame Glory Heaven Myself Seek Thinking
I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.
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Goodness Known Love Pursue Worst
I desire that death find me ready and writing, or if it please Christ, praying and intears.
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Death Desire Finding Myself Ready
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief
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Argument Grief Refine
For virtue only finds eternal Fame.
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Fame Finding Forever Virtue
Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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Endurance Perseverance Strive

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