I love thee, I love but thee, With a love that shall not die.
BAYARD TAYLORAs I toiled up the Mount of Olives, in the very footsteps of Christ, panting with the heat and the difficult ascent, I found it utterly impossible to conceive that the Deity, in human form, had walked there before me.
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The bravest are the most tender; the loving are the daring.
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Peace the offspring is of Power.
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He teaches best, Who feels the hearts of all men in his breast, And knows their strength or weakness through his own.
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Labor, you know, is prayer.
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From the desert I come to thee, On a stallion shod with fire; And the winds are left behind In the speed of my desire.
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Really,’ thought I, ‘we call Baltimore the ‘Monumental City’ for its two marble columns, and here is Edinburg with one at every street-corner!
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Life lives only in success.
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Could one live on the sense of beauty alone, exempt from the necessity of ‘creature comforts,’ a sea-voyage would be delightful.
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I know I am–that simplest bliss The millions of my brothers miss. I know the fortune to be born, Even to the meanest wretch they scorn.
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An enthusiastic desire of visiting the Old World haunted me from early childhood. I cherished a presentiment, amounting almost to belief, that I should one day behold the scenes, among which my fancy had so long wandered.
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And far and wide, in a scarlet tide, The poppy’s bonfire spread.
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Those who would attain to any marked degree of excellence in a chosen pursuit must work, and work hard for it, prince or peasant.
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Sweeter than the stolen kiss Are the granted kisses
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Alone each heart must cover up its dead; Alone, through bitter toil, achieve its rest.
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To learn by observation is traveling, people must also bring knowledge with them.
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