“It is the mind which creates the world around us, and even though we stand side by side in the same meadow, my eyes will never see what is beheld by yours, my heart will never stir to the emotions with which yours is touched.” WorldLoveMindHeartEyeSidesEmotionVisionPerspectiveMy HeartTouchedMeadows Book:The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft Source: The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft
“I hate and fear 'science' because of my conviction that, for long to come if not for ever, it will be the remorseless enemy of mankind. I see it destroying all simplicity and gentleness of life, all the beauty of the world; I see it restoring barbarism under a mask of civilization; I see it darkening men's minds and hardening their hearts.” IfsMenWorldMindHeartLongHateEnemyMankindCivilizationI HateSimplicityConvictionMaskDestroyingGentlenessBarbarismRestoringBeauty Of The WorldRemorselessHate And FearDarkening Book:The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft Source: The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft
“Honest winter, snow clad and with the frosted beard, I can welcome not uncordially; but that long deferment of the calendar's promise, that weeping loom of March and April, that bitter blast outraging the honor of May - how often has it robbed me of heart and hope.” HeartMayLongI CanHonestHonorPromiseWinterSnowWelcomeBitterMarchAprilWeepingBeardBlastCalendarsWinter Snow Author:George Gissing
“Money is made at Christmas out of holly and mistletoe, but who save the vendors would greatly care if no green branch were procurable? One symbol, indeed, has obscured all others-the minted round of metal. And one may safely say that, of all the ages since a coin first became the symbol of power, ours is that in which it yields to the majority of its possessors the poorest return in heart's contentment.” IfsFirstsHeartMayMadeCareAgeReturnGreenMajorityRoundsChristmasSymbolsBranchesContentmentYieldMetalsCoinsPoorestHolliesVendorsMistletoe Book:The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft Source: The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft
