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 Wonder [said Socrates] is very much the affection of a 
philosopher; for there is no other beginning of philosophy read more 
 Wonder [said Socrates] is very much the affection of a 
philosopher; for there is no other beginning of philosophy than 
this. 
 The world will never starve for want of wonders; but only for 
want of wonder.  
 The world will never starve for want of wonders; but only for 
want of wonder. 
A schoolboy's tale, the wonder of an hour!
A schoolboy's tale, the wonder of an hour!
 The things that have been and shall be no more,
 The things that are, and that hereafter shall be,
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 The things that have been and shall be no more,
 The things that are, and that hereafter shall be,
  The things that might have been, and yet were not,
   The fading twilight of joys departed. 
 Wonders I sing; the sun has set; no night has followed.
 [Lat., Mira cano; sol occubuit;
  Nox read more 
 Wonders I sing; the sun has set; no night has followed.
 [Lat., Mira cano; sol occubuit;
  Nox nulla secuta est.] 
This wonder lasted nine daies.
This wonder lasted nine daies.
 He shall have chariots easier than air,
 That I will have invented; . . . And thyself,
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 He shall have chariots easier than air,
 That I will have invented; . . . And thyself,
  That art the messenger, shalt ride before him
   On a horse cut out of an entire diamond.
    That shall be made to go with golden wheels,
     I know not how yet. 
 There's something in a flying horse,
 There's something in a huge balloon.  
 There's something in a flying horse,
 There's something in a huge balloon. 
 She swore, i' faith, 'twas strange, 'twas passing strange;
 'Twas pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitiful.  
 She swore, i' faith, 'twas strange, 'twas passing strange;
 'Twas pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitiful.