I am above the weakness of seeking to establish a sequence of cause and effect, between the disaster and the atrocity.
EDGAR ALLAN POEAs a poet and as a mathematician, he would reason well; as a mere mathematician, he could not have reasoned at all.
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Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.
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Either the memory of past bliss is the anguish of to-day; or the agonies which are have their origins in ecstasies which might have been.
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Happiness is not to be found in knowledge, but in the acquisition of knowledge.
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I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.
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I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.
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I intend to put up with nothing that I can put down.
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Years of love have been forgot, In the hatred of a minute.
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There is no exquisite beauty without some strangeness in the proportion.
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Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.
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Even in the grave, all is not lost.
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The rudiment of verse may, possibly, be found in the spondee.
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To elevate the soul, poetry is necessary.
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Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore.
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The believer is happy. The doubter is wise.
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As a poet and as a mathematician, he would reason well; as a mere mathematician, he could not have reasoned at all.
EDGAR ALLAN POE