Spirit of place! It is for this we travel, to surprise its subtlety; and where it is a strong and dominant angel, that place, seen once, abides entire in the memory with all its own accidents, its habits, its breath,…

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A child is beset with long traditions. And his infancy is so old, so old,...

A child is beset with long traditions. And his infancy is so old, so old,...

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Let a man turn to his own childhood - no further - if he will...

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The true colour of life is the colour of the body, the colour of the...

Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind

Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind

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Our fathers valued change for the sake of its results; we value it in the...

It is easy to replace man, and it will take no great time, when Nature...

It is easy to replace man, and it will take no great time, when Nature...

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The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in...

If there is a look of human eyes that tells of perpetual loneliness, so there...

If there is a look of human eyes that tells of perpetual loneliness, so there...

Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind.

Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind.