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 | "... and God knows we are sensitive to the suffering that has
sometimes broken loose to come billowing forth from your appendages like
the pungent vapors of whales ? often it appears that in this life of
experience and accommodation we pay just as dearly for our triumphs as we
do for our defeats. But Sissy ... hold on!" | |
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| "I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark
should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot.
I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow,
than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live,
not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall
use my time." | |
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Found in the topic Life.
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| "The Stone the Builders Rejected." | |
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Found in the topic Creation.
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| "The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not
waste my days in trying to prolong them ... I shall use my time." | |
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Found in the topic Time.
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| "Buck did not read the newspapers, or he would have known that
trouble was brewing, not alone for himself, but for every tide-water dog,
strong of muscle and with warm, long hair, from Puget Sound to San
Diego." | |
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Found in the topic Newspaper.
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