“I am not given to superstition, yet there are certain places in old Asian countries where human beings have been born and have lived and died for so many generations that the very earth is saturated with their flesh and the air seems crowded with their continuing presence.” HumansHas BeensCountrySeemsEarthCertainGivenBornHuman BeingsGenerationsAirLandDiedFleshSuperstitionsContinuingAsianCrowdedSaturatedAsian Countries Book:My Several Worlds Source: My Several Worlds
“My father upon the Abbey stage, before him a raging crowd. "This Land of Saints," and then as the applause died out, "Of plaster Saints;" his beautiful mischievous head thrown back.” BeautifulFatherLandStageDiedSaintCrowdsRageThrownApplauseMischievousAbbeyPlasters Book:The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats: Volume I: The Poems, 2nd Edition Source: The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats: Volume I: The Poems, 2nd Edition
“I looked at the pilgrims coming to America. In their first year, they decided to try a communist experiment. And the first year of the pilgrims, they established this socialistic concept: 'Well, we have all this land before us - let us all work it together.' Oh, how wonderful it sounded. 'Let us all work it together, and we will share in the produce of the land.' They almost starved to death! Almost half of them died, that very first year.” TryingYearsFirstsWellsTogetherAmericaHalfWonderfulShareLandProduceConceptsDecidedDiedExperimentsWorking ItCommunistPilgrimComing To America Author:Ted Cruz