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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Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.

Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.

The child is father of the man.

The child is father of the man.

The things which I have seen I now can see no more.

The things which I have seen I now can see no more.

The ocean is a mighty harmonist.

The ocean is a mighty harmonist.

The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of...

The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of...

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...

But, why, ungrateful, dwell on idle pain?

But, why, ungrateful, dwell on idle pain?

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

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

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...

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,...

But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead...

But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead...

Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.

Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.

The little unremembered acts of kindness and love are the best parts of a person's...

The little unremembered acts of kindness and love are the best parts of a person's...

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...

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...

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...

Heaven lies about us in our infancy! Shades of the prison-house begin to close upon...

Heaven lies about us in our infancy! Shades of the prison-house begin to close upon...

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...

Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting. Not in entire forgetfulness, and not...

Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting. Not in entire forgetfulness, and not...

What is pride? A rocket that emulates the stars.

What is pride? A rocket that emulates the stars.