And then, just as Wilbur was settling down for his morning nap, he heard again the thin voice that had addressed him the night before. “Salutations!” said the voice. Wilbur jumped to his feet. “Salu-what?” he cried. “Salutations!” repeated the voice.
E. B. WHITEA schoolchild should be taught grammar-for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy.
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I get up every morning determined to both change the world and to have one hell of a good time. Sometimes, this makes planning the day difficult.
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From morning till night, sounds drift from the kitchen, most of them familiar and comforting. . . . On days when warmth is the most important need of the human heart, the kitchen is the place you can find it; it dries the wet sock, it cools the hot little brain.
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Old age is a special problem for me because I’ve never been able to shed the mental image I have of myself – a lad of about 19.
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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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It is quite possible that an animal has spoken to me and that I didn’t catch the remark because I wasn’t paying attention.
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Sailors have an expression about the weather: they say the weather is a great bluffer. I guess the same is true of our human society – things can look dark, then a break shows in the clouds, and all is changed.
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Is there anything in the universe more beautiful and protective than the simple complexity of a spider’s web?
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A right is a responsibility in reverse.
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I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. “Never worry about your heart till it stops beating.
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Reading is the work of the alert mind, is demanding, and under ideal conditions produces finally a sort of ecstasy.
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I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.
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Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.
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All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world.
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Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.
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Television will enormously enlarge the eye’s range, and, like radio, will advertise the Elsewhere. Together with the tabs, the mags, and the movies, it will insist that we forget the primary and the near in favor of the secondary and the remote.
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