It is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums, new theaters, etc. that make America impotent. The good things are football, kindness, and jazz bands. 2.46K
Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine By which alone the mortal heart is led Unto the thinking of the thought divine. 2.15K
Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment. 589
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Knowledge is not eating, and we cannot expect to devour and possess what we mean. Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace 558
