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 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have 
abundance: but from him that hath read more 
 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have 
abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even 
that which he hath. 
Indeed, whenever a new idea is developed, as for example ballooning, warfare immediately takes possession.rn
Indeed, whenever a new idea is developed, as for example ballooning, warfare immediately takes possession.rn
 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is 
thine eye evil, because read more 
 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is 
thine eye evil, because I am good? 
 The proud daughter of that monarch to whom when it grows 
[elsewhere] the sun never sets.
 [Lat., Altera read more 
 The proud daughter of that monarch to whom when it grows 
[elsewhere] the sun never sets.
 [Lat., Altera figlia
  Di quel monarea a cui
   Ne anco, quando annotta, il Sol tramonta.] 
 It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you 
may have in the future. read more 
 It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you 
may have in the future. The one is sure and the other is not.
 [Fr., Un tiens vaut, ce dit-on, mieux que deux tu l'auras.
  L'un est sur, l'autre ne l'est pas.] 
 Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession, 
many.  
 Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession, 
many. 
 For what one has in black and white,
 One can carry home in comfort.
  [Ger., Denn was read more 
 For what one has in black and white,
 One can carry home in comfort.
  [Ger., Denn was man schwarz auf weiss besitzt,
   Kann man getrost nach Hause tragen.] 
 Britannia needs no bulwarks
 No towers along the steep;
  Her march is o'er the mountain wave,
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 Britannia needs no bulwarks
 No towers along the steep;
  Her march is o'er the mountain wave,
   Her home is on the deep. 
 When I behold what pleasure is Pursuit,
 What life, what glorious eagerness it is,
  Then mark how read more 
 When I behold what pleasure is Pursuit,
 What life, what glorious eagerness it is,
  Then mark how full Possession falls from this,
   How fairer seems the blossom than the fruit,--
    I am perplext, and often stricken mute.
     Wondering which attained the higher bliss,
      The wing'd insect, or the chrysalis
       It thrust aside with unreluctant foot.