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The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.
The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.
I have not loved the world, not the world me;
I have not flatter'd its rank breath, nor bow'd
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I have not loved the world, not the world me;
I have not flatter'd its rank breath, nor bow'd
To its idolatries a patient knee.
O world as God has made it! All is beauty.
O world as God has made it! All is beauty.
Give me matter, and I will construct a world out of it!
Give me matter, and I will construct a world out of it!
Physicists and astronomers see their own implications in the world being round, but to me it means that only one-third read more
Physicists and astronomers see their own implications in the world being round, but to me it means that only one-third of the world is asleep at any given time and the other two-thirds is up to something.
The world is not dangerous because of those who do harm but because of those who look at it without read more
The world is not dangerous because of those who do harm but because of those who look at it without doing anything
The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.
The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.
The world is like a board with holes in it, and the square men
have got into the round read more
The world is like a board with holes in it, and the square men
have got into the round holes, and the round into the square.