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“We prove, we do not explain, our birth.”

Book:Complete Poems

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Complete Poems

This book gathers a wide range of poems, showcasing various styles and themes from the author's career. more

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Marianne Moore

American poet known for her unique modernist style and profound philosophical insights. Her poetry is concise and insightful, often exploring themes of nature, art, and the human condition. more

“There are no good wars or bad wars. The only thing bad about a war is to lose it. All wars have been fought for a so-called good Cause on both sides. But only the victor's Cause becomes history's Noble Cause. It's not a matter of who is right or who is wrong, it's a matter of who has the best generals and the better army!”

Has Beens War Matter Causes Sides Loses Army Noble Both Sides Good Causes Good War Noble Causes Victor's

Book:Ham On Rye

Source: Ham On Rye

“When I have occasionally set myself to consider the different distractions of men, the pains and perils to which they expose themselves I have discovered that all the unhappiness of men arises from one single fact, that they cannot stay quietly in their own chamber.”

Men Different Facts Pain Arise Unhappiness Distraction Peril Chamber

Book:Thoughts

Source: Thoughts

“Without Jesus Christ man must be in vice and misery with Jesus Christ man is free from vice and misery in Him is all our virtue and all our happiness. Apart from Him there is but vice, misery, darkness, death, despair.”

Men Jesus Christ Darkness Virtue Despair Jesus Christ Misery Vices

Book:Thoughts

Source: Thoughts

“The Analytical Engine might act upon other things besides number, were objects found whose mutual fundamental relations could be expressed by those of the abstract science of operations, and which should be also susceptible of adaptations to the action of the operating notation and mechanism of the engine… Supposing, for instance, that the fundamental relations of pitched sounds in the science of harmony and of musical composition were susceptible of such expression and adaptations, the engine might compose elaborate and scientific pieces of music of any degree of complexity or extent.”

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