The man of science dissects the statement, verifies the facts, and demonstrates connection even where he cannot its purpose.
MARGARET FULLERTo one who has enjoyed the full life of any scene, of any hour, what thoughts can be recorded about it seem like the commas and semicolons in the paragraph-mere stops.
More Margaret Fuller Quotes
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We would have every arbitrary barrier thrown down. We would have every path laid open to woman as freely as to man.
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But the golden-rod is one of the fairy, magical flowers; it grows not up to seek human love amid the light of day, but to mark to the discerning what wealth lies hid in the secret caves of earth.
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Man tells his aspiration in his God; but in his demon he shows his depth of experience.
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We would have every arbitrary barrier thrown down. We would have every path laid open to woman as freely as to man.
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It is so true that a woman may be in love with a woman, and a man with a man. It is pleasant to be sure of it, because it is undoubtedly the same love that we shall feel when we are angels.
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Truth is the nursing mother of genius. No man can be absolutely true to himself, eschewing cant, compromise, servile imitation, and complaisance without becoming original.
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Genius will live and thrive without training, but it does not the less reward the watering pot and the pruning knife.
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Harmony exists no less in difference than in likeness, if only the same key-note govern both parts.
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The use of criticism, in periodical writing, is to sift, not to stamp a work.
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There is some danger lest there be no real religion in the heart which craves too much daily sympathy.
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What a difference it makes to come home to a child!
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Nature seems to have poured forth her riches so without calculation, merely to mark the fullness of her joy.
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Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out of proportion to his waking.
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Spirits that have once been sincerely united and tended together a sacred flame, never become entirely stranger to one another’s life.
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Reverence the highest, have patience with the lowest. Let this day’s performance of the meanest duty be thy religion. Are the stars too distant, pick up the pebble that lies at thy feet, and from it learn the all.
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