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Poetry
Chiara Leigh • 1 card
Ah! such discourse we had, hermit and philosopher, and the old settler I have spoken of—we three—it expanded and racked my little house; I should not dare to say how many pounds’ weight there was above the atmospheric pressure on every circular inch; it opened its seams so that they had to be calked with much dulness thereafter to stop the
... See moreHenry David Thoreau • Walden (AmazonClassics Edition)
Poetry
Erin Shea • 1 card
Exactly what gives its real dignity to the figure of Lincoln is that he stands invoking a primitive first principle of the age of innocence, and holding up the tables of an ancient law, against the trend of the nineteenth century; repeating, 'We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their
... See moreG. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton • What I Saw in America
The poet is the person who uses words not primarily to convey information but to make a relationship, shape beauty, form truth.
Eugene H. Peterson • The Contemplative Pastor: Returning to the Art of Spiritual Direction
As Emerson wrote in 1841, If our young men miscarry in their first enterprises, they lose all heart. If the young merchant fails, men say he is ruined. If the finest genius studies at one of our colleges, and is not installed in an office within one year afterwards in the cities or suburbs of Boston or New York, it seems to his friends and to
... See moreRyan Holiday • The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
