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“This world of sense, built by the imagination--how fair and foul it is! Like a fairy island in the sea of life, it smiles in sunlight and sleeps in green, known of the world not by communion of knowledge, but by personal, secret discovery!”

Quote by J. G. Holland

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J. G. Holland was an American novelist renowned for his inspirational and Christian-themed works. Born on July 24, 1819, he crafted stories that offered hope and inspiration to readers. His novels often reflected his deep Christian faith and his belief in the power of the human spirit. Holland passed away on October 12, 1881, leaving behind a legacy of influential literature. more

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Source: THE MARBLE PROPHECY AND OTHER POEMS.

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“Ah! soul of mine! Ah! soul of mine! Thy sluggish senses are but bars That stand between thee and the stars, And shut thee from the world divine.”

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Book:THE MARBLE PROPHECY AND OTHER POEMS.

Source: THE MARBLE PROPHECY AND OTHER POEMS.

“I account the office of benefactor, or almoner, to which God appoints all those whom he has favored with wealth, one of the most honorable and delightful in the world. He never institutes a channel for the passage of His bounties that those bounties do not enrich and beautify.”

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“A fortune won in a day is lost in a day; a fortune won slowly, and slowly compacted, seems to acquire from the hand that won it the property of endurance.”

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“God give us men. The time demands strong minds, great hearts, true faith and willing hands.”

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“I count this thing to be grandly true: That a noble deed is a step toward God-- Lifting the soul from the common clod To a purer air and a broader view.”

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Book:THE MARBLE PROPHECY AND OTHER POEMS.

Source: THE MARBLE PROPHECY AND OTHER POEMS.

“Poet, forger of ideals, dreamer among the possibilities of life, prophet of the millenium, do you get impatient with the prosaic life around you -- the dulness, and the earthliness, and the brutishness of men? Fret not. Go forward into the realm which stretches before you; climb the highest mountain you can reach, and plant a cross there. The nations will come up to it some day. Work for immortality if you will; then wait for it. If your own age fail to recognize you, a coming age will not.”

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Author:J. G. Holland

“I softly sink into the bath of sleep: With eyelids shut, I see around me close The mottled, violet vapors of the deep, That wraps me in repose.”

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“If there be one attribute of the Deity which astonishes me more than another, it is the attribute of patience. The Great Soul that sits on the throne of the universe is not, never was, and never will be, in a hurry. In the realm of nature, every thing has been wrought out in the august consciousness of infinite leisure; and I bless God for that geology which gives me a key to the patience in which the creative process was effected.”

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Author:J. G. Holland