What but the wolf's tooth whittled so fine The fleet limbs of the antelope? What but fear winged the birds, and hunger Jewelled with such eyes the great goshawk's head?

Quote by Robinson Jeffers

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He is strong and pain is worse to the strong, incapacity is worse.

He is strong and pain is worse to the strong, incapacity is worse.

Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the...

Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the...

The love of freedom has been the quality of Western man.

The love of freedom has been the quality of Western man.

A severed hand Is an ugly thing and man dissevered from the earth and stars...

A severed hand Is an ugly thing and man dissevered from the earth and stars...

It is good for man To try all changes, progress and corruption, powers, peace and...

It is good for man To try all changes, progress and corruption, powers, peace and...

Pleasure is the carrot dangled to lead the ass to market; or the precipice.

Pleasure is the carrot dangled to lead the ass to market; or the precipice.

It is good for man To try all changes, progress and corruption, powers, peace and...

It is good for man To try all changes, progress and corruption, powers, peace and...

Imagination, the traitor of the mind, has taken my solitude and slain it.

Imagination, the traitor of the mind, has taken my solitude and slain it.

Imagination, the traitor of the mind, has taken my solitude and slain it.

Imagination, the traitor of the mind, has taken my solitude and slain it.

Shiva... is the only hunter that will ever catch the wild swan; The prey she...

Shiva... is the only hunter that will ever catch the wild swan; The prey she...

Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the...

Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the...

To feel greatly, and understand greatly, and express greatly, the natural Beauty, is the sole...

To feel greatly, and understand greatly, and express greatly, the natural Beauty, is the sole...

Why does insanity always twist the great answers? Because only tormented persons want truth. Man...

Why does insanity always twist the great answers? Because only tormented persons want truth. Man...

To suppose that the eye with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to...

To suppose that the eye with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to...

The worst censors are those prohibiting criticism of the theory of evolution in the classroom.

The worst censors are those prohibiting criticism of the theory of evolution in the classroom.

The theory of evolution by cumulative natural selection is the only theory we know of...

The theory of evolution by cumulative natural selection is the only theory we know of...

All the evolution we know of proceeds from the vague to the definite.

All the evolution we know of proceeds from the vague to the definite.

Evolution is what it is. The upper classes have always died out; it's one of...

Evolution is what it is. The upper classes have always died out; it's one of...

If you start any large theory, such as quantum mechanics, plate tectonics, evolution, it takes...

If you start any large theory, such as quantum mechanics, plate tectonics, evolution, it takes...

Creationist critics often charge that evolution cannot be tested, and therefore cannot be viewed as...

Creationist critics often charge that evolution cannot be tested, and therefore cannot be viewed as...