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A stoic of the woods,--a man without a tear.
A stoic of the woods,--a man without a tear.
No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, read more
No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, from our fear of death, our thirst for the absolute. It is the human condition that directs the social condition, not vice versa.
There can be no rainbow without a cloud and a storm.
There can be no rainbow without a cloud and a storm.
The human mind can bear plenty of reality but not too much intermittent gloom.
The human mind can bear plenty of reality but not too much intermittent gloom.
We look through gloom and storm-drift
Beyond the years:
The soul would have no rainbow
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We look through gloom and storm-drift
Beyond the years:
The soul would have no rainbow
Hard the eyes no tears.
It is such a secret place, the land of tears.
It is such a secret place, the land of tears.
Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.
Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.
Tears may be dried up, but the heart - never.
Tears may be dried up, but the heart - never.
And the tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
And the tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
