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The Poems of James Stephens

This book compiles a selection of poems written by James Stephens, showcasing his literary style and thematic content. more

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James Stephens
James Stephens

James Stephens, born on February 9, 1882, in Ireland, was a renowned novelist. His unique writing style and profound emotional expression have won the admiration of readers. Throughout his life, Stephens wrote numerous novels, many of which have become classics of Irish literature. more

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“Although no words can really help to ease the loss you bear, Just know that you are very close in every thought and prayer. To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.”

“I call that mind free which jealously guards its intellectual rights and powers, which calls no man master, which does not content itself with a passive or hereditary faith, which opens itself to light whencesoever it may come, which receives new truth as an angel from Heaven.”

“The most sensible and jealous people are so little attentive to government that there are no instances of resistance until repeated, multiplied oppressions have placed it beyond a doubt that their rulers had formed settled plans to deprive them of their liberties; not to oppress an individual or a few, but to break down the fences of a free constitution, and deprive the people at large of all share in the government, and all the checks by which it is limited.”