A multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind, and unfitting it for all voluntary exertion to reduce it to a state of almost savage torpor.

Quote by William Wordsworth

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That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my...

That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my...

Great God! I'd rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn; So might I,...

Great God! I'd rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn; So might I,...

The ocean is a mighty harmonist.

The ocean is a mighty harmonist.

When from our better selves we have too long been parted by the hurrying world,...

When from our better selves we have too long been parted by the hurrying world,...

With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of...

With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of...

Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness.

Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness.

Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will...

Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will...

Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.

Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.

Why do not words and kiss, and solemn pledge, And nature that is kind in...

Why do not words and kiss, and solemn pledge, And nature that is kind in...

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.

Whether we be young or old,Our destiny, our being's heart and home,Is with infinitude, and...

Whether we be young or old,Our destiny, our being's heart and home,Is with infinitude, and...

We live by admiration, hope and love; and even as these are well and wisely...

We live by admiration, hope and love; and even as these are well and wisely...

To me the meanest flower that blows can give thoughts that do often lie too...

To me the meanest flower that blows can give thoughts that do often lie too...

Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected...

Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected...

Every great and original writer, in proportion as he is great and original, must himself...

Every great and original writer, in proportion as he is great and original, must himself...

I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in...

I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in...

What is pride? A rocket that emulates the stars.

What is pride? A rocket that emulates the stars.

Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity.

Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity.

The child is father of the man.

The child is father of the man.

For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless...

For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless...