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William Wetmore Story (February 12, 1819 – October 7, 1895) was an American sculptor, art critic, poet, and editor.

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The Poet in his ArtMust intimate the whole, and say the smallest part.

Artmust, Intimate, Poet, Smallest, Whole

Of every noble work the silent part is best; of all expression, that which cannot be expressed.

Expressed, Expression, Noble, Silence, Silent

The shadows of twilight grow, And the tiger’s ancient fierceness In my veins begins to flow.

Ancient, Fierceness, Shadow, Twilight, Veins

Oh! faint delicious spring-time violet, Thine odor like a key, Turns noiselessly in memory's wards to let A thought of sorrow free.

Memories, Spring, Keys, Thine, Wards, Like

I sing the hymn of the conquered, who fell in the Battle of Life,-The hymn of the wounded, the beaten, who died overwhelmed in the strife. . . . The hymn of the low and the humble, the weary, the broken in heart,Who strove and who failed, acting bravely a silent and desperate part.

Bravely, Broken, Heart, Humble, Hymns, Overwhelmed

But the gray and the cold are haunted by a beauty akin to pain, by a sense of a something wanted that never will come again.

Akin, Beauty, Cold, Gray, Pain

They only the victory win, Who have fought the good fight and have vanquished the demon that tempts us within; Who have held to their faith unseduced by the prize that the world holds on high; Who have dared for a high cause to suffer, resist, fight -- if need be, to die.

Demon, Fighting, Holds, Suffering, Vanquished, Winning

Alice B. Toklas

Alice B. Toklas

The-Dream

The-Dream

Abraham Cahan

Abraham Cahan

T. J. Thyne

T. J. Thyne

Chloe Sutton

Chloe Sutton

Barry Goldwater

Barry Goldwater

Rory McCann

Rory McCann

Bent Saether

Bent Saether

Elizabeth Rogers

Elizabeth Rogers

G. Gordon Liddy

G. Gordon Liddy

Rich Sommer

Rich Sommer

David Paterson

David Paterson