“The public is so in awe of its own opinion that it never dares to form any, but catches up the first idle rumour, lest it should be behindhand in its judgment, and echoes it till it is deafened with the sound of its own voice.” ShouldFirstsFormSoundVoiceOpinionJudgmentDareAweEchoesIdleRumours Book:Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)
“My Faith is larger than the Hills— So when the Hills decay— My Faith must take the Purple Wheel To show the Sun the way— 'Tis first He steps upon the Vane— And then — upon the Hill— And then abroad the World He go To do His Golden Will— And if His Yellow feet should miss— The Bird would not arise— The Flowers would slumber on their Stems— No Bells have Paradise— How dare I, therefore, stint a faith On which so vast depends— Lest Firmament should fail for me— The Rivet in the Bands” IfsWorldWayShouldFirstsShowsFaithStepsSunFailingFeetMissingFlowerDependsBandBirdDareAriseGoldenHillsParadiseWheelsYellowBellsDecayStemPurpleStep UpSlumberFirmament Book:Emily Dickinson’s Poems: As She Preserved Them Source: Emily Dickinson’s Poems: As She Preserved Them