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"But my most favourite pursuit, after my daily exertions at the Foundry, was Astronomy. There were frequently clear nights when the glorious objects in the Heavens were seen in most attractive beauty and brilliancy."
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"Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days?"
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"If beauty is relative, then any and everything when compared to the beauty of God is absolutely hideous."
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"The beauty of a face is transient, but the beauty of a loving heart is everlasting."
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"The beauty of a face is transient, but the beauty of a heart is everlasting and magnificent."
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"Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers."
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"Beauty is worse than wine, it intoxicates both the holder and beholder."
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"Nonsense and beauty have close connections."
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"No living thing is ugly in this world. Even a tarantula considers itself beautiful."
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"[B]eauty is that quality which, next to money, is generally the most attractive to the worst kinds of men; and, therefore, it is likely to entail a great deal of trouble on the possessor."
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"The voice of beauty speaks softly, it creeps only into the most fully awakened souls."
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"Week by week my orders grew, and the flat of the old mill soon assumed a very busy aspect."
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"In course of time the Brothers Cowper removed the manufacture of their printing machines from London, to Manchester. There they found skilled and energetic workmen, ready to carry their plans into effect."
Time

"My father was always anxious to give pleasure to his children. Accordingly, he took me one day, as a special treat, to the top of the grand old tower, to see the chimes played."
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"But my most favourite pursuit, after my daily exertions at the Foundry, was Astronomy. There were frequently clear nights when the glorious objects in the Heavens were seen in most attractive beauty and brilliancy."
Beauty

"From a very early period of my life I have derived the highest enjoyment from listening to music, especially to melody, which is to me the most pleasing form of composition."
Life

"Everything connected with war and warlike exploits is interesting to a boy."
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"OUR history begins before we are born. We represent the hereditary influences of our race, and our ancestors virtually live in us."
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"In order to keep pace with the influx of work I had to take on fresh hands."
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"Time passed by. I had furnished steam hammers to the principal foundries in England. I had sent them abroad, even to Russia. At length it became known to the Lords of the Admiralty that a new power in forging had been introduced."
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