Except to heaven, she is nought; Except for angels, lone; Except to some wide-wandering bee, A flower superfluous … - Howard Mumford Jones

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To lose one parent is a tragedy, to lose both is utter carelessness.

Howard Mumford Jones

Except to heaven, she is nought; Except for angels, lone; Except to some wide-wandering bee, A flower superfluous blown; Except for winds, provincial; Except by butterflies, Unnoticed as a single dew That on the acre lies

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The incessant struggle of the mind to be true to itself, to absorb new truths, to grow, to overcome pressures--these are the painful portion of the independent thinker. Almost his sole reward is the satisfaction of integrity.

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Ours is the age which is proud of machines that think and suspicious of men who try to.

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Emerson then incarnated the moral optimism, the progress, and the energy of the American spirit.

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