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 "Farewell!"
 For in that word--that fatal word--howe'er
  We promise--hope--believe--there breathes despair.  
 "Farewell!"
 For in that word--that fatal word--howe'er
  We promise--hope--believe--there breathes despair. 
What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise
What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise
Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without words, and never stops read more
Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without words, and never stops at all.
 Our greatest good, and what we least can spare,
 Is hope: the last of all our evils, fear.  
 Our greatest good, and what we least can spare,
 Is hope: the last of all our evils, fear. 
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, read more
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
Hope" is the thing with feathers- that perches in the soul... -Emily Dickenson.
Hope" is the thing with feathers- that perches in the soul... -Emily Dickenson.
 But thou, O hope, with eyes so fair,
 What was thy delighted measure?
  Still it whisper'd promised read more 
 But thou, O hope, with eyes so fair,
 What was thy delighted measure?
  Still it whisper'd promised pleasure,
   And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail! 
To hope means to be ready at every moment for that which is not yet born, and yet not become read more
To hope means to be ready at every moment for that which is not yet born, and yet not become desperate if there is no birth in our lifetime.
There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do read more
There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope.