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“Though he avoided outright endorsement of the view, fifth-century Church Father Saint Augustine was clearly familiar with the theory of the spherical earth: "They [those who believe that "there are men on the other side of the earth"] fail to observe that even if the world is held to be global or rounded in shape, or if some process of reasoning should prove this to be the case, it would still not necessarily follow that the land on the opposite side is not covered by masses of water."”

“The earth's distances invite the eye. And as the eye reaches, so must the mind stretch to meet these new horizons. I challenge anyone to stand with autumn on a hilltop and fail to see a new expanse not only around him, but in him, too.”

Mind Eye Earth Challenges Failing Distance Autumn Horizon Invites Expanse New Horizons

Author:Hal Borland

“I should have wished to possess the intellectual equilibrium that characterizes you and permits you to achieve without fail the desired end... Chance has not favoured me with an equal self-assurance, it is the only regret I have about things of this earth.”

Should Ends Self Earth Chance Failing Achieve Regret Confidence Equal Intellectual Should Have Permit Assurance Equilibrium Self Assurance

Author:Paul Cezanne

“For this our task hath Fate spun without fail to last for ever sure, that we on man weighed down with deeds of hate should follow till the earth his life immure. Nor when he dies can he boast of being truly free.”

Men Should Earth Lasts Hate Dies Fate Failing Tasks Deeds Boast Spun

Book:The Tragedies of Æschylos: A New Translation, with a Biographical Essay, and an Appendix of Rhymed Choral Odes

Source: The Tragedies of Æschylos: A New Translation, with a Biographical Essay, and an Appendix of Rhymed Choral Odes

“I am an unfortunate and deserted creature, I look around and I have no relation or friend upon earth. These amiable people to whom I go have never seen me and know little of me. I am full of fears, for if I fail there, I am an outcast in the world forever.”

People Ifs Knows World Looks Littles Earth Forever Failing Creatures Relation Unfortunate Outcast Deserted Amiable

Book:Frankenstein's Bride: Frankenstein Or the Modern Prometheus

Source: Frankenstein's Bride: Frankenstein Or the Modern Prometheus

“All the inducements of early society tend to foster immediate action; all its penalties fall on the man who pauses; the traditional wisdom of those times was never weary of inculcating that "delays are dangerous," and that the sluggish man the man "who roasteth not that which he took in hunting" will not prosper on the earth, and indeed will very soon perish out of it. And in consequence an inability to stay quiet, an irritable desire to act directly, is one of the most conspicuous failings of mankind.”

Source: Physics and Politics: Or, Thoughts on the Application of the Principles of

“Thou who wouldst see the lovely and the wild Mingled in harmony on Nature's face, Ascend our rocky mountains. Let thy foot Fail not with weariness, for on their tops The beauty and the majesty of earth, Spread wide beneath, shall make thee to forget The steep and toilsome way.”

Way Earth Faces Forget Failing Feet Mountain Harmony Spread Wide Lovely Thee Landscape Majesty Weariness Steep Rocky Mountain

Author:William C. Bryant

“America may not be the best nation on earth, but it has conceived loftier ideals and dreamed higher dreams than any other nation. America is a heterogeneous nation of many different people of different races, religions, and creeds. Should this experiment go forth and prosper, we will have offered humans a new way to look at life; should it fail, we will simply go the way of all failed civilizations.”

People Way Should Humans Looks May Different Dream Earth America Nations Race Failing Higher Civilization Ideals Experiments Being The Best Creeds New Ways Different Peoples Different Races

Book:Racism 101

Source: Racism 101