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.
MARGARET FULLERThe man of science dissects the statement, verifies the facts, and demonstrates connection even where he cannot its purpose.
More Margaret Fuller Quotes
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Whatever the soul knows how to seek, it cannot fail to obtain.
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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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Nature seems to have poured forth her riches so without calculation, merely to mark the fullness of her joy.
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The man of science dissects the statement, verifies the facts, and demonstrates connection even where he cannot its purpose.
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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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The only woman to whom it has been given to touch what is decisive in the present world and to have a presentiment of the world of the future.
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What a difference it makes to come home to a child!
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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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Harmony exists no less in difference than in likeness, if only the same key-note govern both parts.
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It was not meant that the soul should cultivate the earth, but that the earth should educate and maintain the soul.
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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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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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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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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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