THOUGHTS FROM WRITINGS 



IT is not the particular cast of 

 features that makes a man great, 

 and gives him a pre-eminence 

 among his fellows. It is the character 

 — the mind. 



A great genius commands attention at 

 once by his presence, and so a woman 

 may equally impress by the power of 

 her nature. Her moral strength asserts 

 itself in subtle ways.— 'Amaryllis at the 

 Fair.' 



THERE is nothing so good to 

 the human heart aswell agreed 

 conversation, when you know 

 that your companion will answer to your 

 thought as the anvil meets the hammer, 

 ringing sound to merry stroke; better 

 than wine, better than sleep, like love 

 itself— for love is agreement of thought. 

 — ' Amaryllis at the Fair.' 



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