Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger portion of the truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant

Quote by Edgar Allan Poe

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There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of...

There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of...

That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be,...

That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be,...

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offences against Charity...

A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offences against Charity...

In criticism I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe....

In criticism I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe....

The rudiment of verse may, possibly, be found in the spondee.

The rudiment of verse may, possibly, be found in the spondee.

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no...

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no...

As a poet and as a mathematician, he would reason well; as a mere mathematician,...

As a poet and as a mathematician, he would reason well; as a mere mathematician,...

There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly...

There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly...

Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it...

Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it...

The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can...

The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can...

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall...

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall...

There are moments when, even to the sober eye of Reason, the world of our...

There are moments when, even to the sober eye of Reason, the world of our...

I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no...

I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no...

From childhood's hour I have not been As others were--I have not seen As others...

From childhood's hour I have not been As others were--I have not seen As others...

It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to...

It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to...

The goodness of the true pun is in direct ratio to its intolerability

The goodness of the true pun is in direct ratio to its intolerability

It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall...

It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall...

For all of us who are alive, life is the real issue. Yet so often...

For all of us who are alive, life is the real issue. Yet so often...

The most fundamental tragedy of my life is that the ones who I see do...

The most fundamental tragedy of my life is that the ones who I see do...