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By every remove I only drag a greater length of chain.
By every remove I only drag a greater length of chain.
 Don't you remember, sweet Alice, Ben Bolt?
 Sweet Alice, whose hair was so brown;
  Who wept with read more 
 Don't you remember, sweet Alice, Ben Bolt?
 Sweet Alice, whose hair was so brown;
  Who wept with delight when you gave her a smile,
   And trembl'd with fear at your frown! 
The heart that truly loves never forgets.
The heart that truly loves never forgets.
 When promise and patience are wearing thin,
 When endurance is almost driven in,
  When our angels stand read more 
 When promise and patience are wearing thin,
 When endurance is almost driven in,
  When our angels stand in a waiting hush,
   Remember the Marne and Ferdinand Foch. 
Many a man fails to become a thinker only because his memory is too good.
Many a man fails to become a thinker only because his memory is too good.
Unless we remember we cannot understand.
Unless we remember we cannot understand.
 Yet how much less it were to gain,
 Though thou hast left me free,
  The loveliest things read more 
 Yet how much less it were to gain,
 Though thou hast left me free,
  The loveliest things that still remain,
   Than thus remember thee. 
It is singular how soon we lose the impression of what ceases to be constantly before us. A year impairs, read more
It is singular how soon we lose the impression of what ceases to be constantly before us. A year impairs, a luster obliterates. There is little distinct left without an effort of memory, then indeed the lights are rekindled for a moment -- but who can be sure that the Imagination is not the torch-bearer?
If you have to keep reminding yourself of a thing, perhaps it isn't so.
If you have to keep reminding yourself of a thing, perhaps it isn't so.