Our toil must be in silence, and our efforts all in secret; for this enlightened age, when men believe not even what they see, the doubting of wise men would be his greatest strength.
BRAM STOKERLet me tell you, my friend, that there are things done today in electrical science which would have been deemed unholy by the very man who discovered electricity, who would themselves not so long before been burned as wizards
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It is wonderful what tricks our dreams play us, and how conveniently we can imagine.
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Oh, the terrible struggle that I have had against sleep so often of late; the pain of the sleeplessness, or the pain of the fear of sleep, and with such unknown horror as it has for me!
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But this night our feet must tread in thorny paths, or later, and for ever, the feet you love must walk in paths of flame!
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A brave man’s hand can speak for itself, it does not even need a woman’s love to hear its music.
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We learn from failure, not from success!
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She was young and very beautiful, but pale, like the grey pallor of death.
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I’m a hard nut to crack, and I take it standing up.
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Good women tell all their lives, and by day and by hour and by minute, such things that angels can read.
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But we are pledged to set the world free. Our toil must be in silence, and our efforts all in secret. For in this enlightened age, when men believe not even what they see, the doubting of wise men would be his greatest strength.
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Let me tell you, my friend, that there are things done today in electrical science which would have been deemed unholy by the very man who discovered electricity, who would themselves not so long before been burned as wizards
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Take me away from all this Death.
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The Stars are a long way off, and their words get somewhat dulled in the message.
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Ah, we men and women are like ropes drawn tight with strain that pull us in different directions.
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But a stranger in a strange land, he is no one. Men know him not, and to know not is to care not for.
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I have always thought that a wild animal never looks so well as when some obstacle of pronounced durability is between us. A personal experience has intensified rather than diminished that idea.
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