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"I think that the leaf of a tree, the meanest insect on which we trample, are in themselves arguments more conclusive than any which can be adduced that some vast intellect animates Infinity."
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"Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature."

"In the draws the smoke coming off the ground like mist and the thin black trees burning on the slopes like heathen candles."

"Every now and then I sit and watch the sun rise to remind myself how it's done-peacefully, steadily, warmly, and in beautiful color."

"Custom is second nature."

"To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice."

"Sipping teawith gleebeneath a gooseberry tree.I wish Alice were here.Oh, my dear,do not fear,she will be."

"In the summer heat the reapers say, "We have seen her dancing with the autumn leaves, and we saw a drift of snow in her hair."

"They passed, leaving a trail of foxfire shuffled up out of the wet leaves like stars plowed in a ship's wake."
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"All of us who are worth anything, spend our manhood in unlearning the follies, or expiating the mistakes of our youth."

"Love is free; to promise for ever to love the same woman is not less absurd than to promise to believe the same creed; such a vow in both cases excludes us from all inquiry."

"Poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it."

"War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, the lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade."

"Is it not odd that the only generous person I ever knew, who had money to be generous with, should be a stockbroker."
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