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Quote by James Elroy Flecker

“I have seen old ships sail like swans asleep.”

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James Elroy Flecker was a British poet born on November 5, 1884, and died on January 3, 1915. His poetry is known for its rich imagination and unique style. more

“The true God is not a form idealized; he/she/it is real and therefore, by definition, imperfect; only an abstraction can be free of flaws. And since God is imperfect, there will be suffering.... There is no perfect God. And your suffering requires no more explanation than that unavoidable imperfection.”

Real Form Suffering Perfect Definitions Explanation Flaws Imperfection Imperfect Abstraction True God

Author:Robert J. Sawyer

“We want rights. The flour merchant, the house-builder, and the postman charge us no less on account of our sex; but when we endeavor to earn money to pay all these, then, indeed, we find the interest.”

Want House Sex Interest Pay Rights Accounts Endeavor Merchants Builder Flour Postman

Author:Lucy Stone

“I believe that the influence of woman will save the country before every other power.”

Believe Country I Believe Influence

Author:Lucy Stone

“It is not quite the same when we are seventy-two as when we are twenty-seven; still I am glad of what is left, and wish we might both hold out till the victory we have sought is won, but all the same the victory is coming. In the aftertime the world will be the better for it.”

World Stills Two Might Left Wish Victory Twenties Seven Glad Seventies

Author:Lucy Stone

“We have every reason to rejoice when there are so many gains and when favorable conditions abound on every hand. The end is not yet in sight, but it can not be far away. The road before us is shorter than the road behind.”

Ends Reason Hands Behinds Conditions Gains Sight Rejoice Far Away Can Not

Author:Lucy Stone

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