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“It really is appallingly difficult to do something which is complete in every respect, and I think most people are content with mere approximations. Well, my dear friend, I intend to battle on, scrape off and start again.”

People Thinking Wells Difficult Battle Difficulty Mere Dear Dear Friend Approximation

Book:Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters

Source: Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters

“No, no! The energy of life may be Kept on after the grave, but not begun; And he who flagg'd not in the earthly strife, From strength to strength advancing--only he His soul well-knit, and all his battles won, Mounts, and that hardly, to eternal life.”

Wells May Soul Energy Battle Eternal Graves Immortality Strife Eternal Life Advancing Energy Of Life

Book:Poems

Source: Poems

“When earth as if on evil dreams Looks back upon her wars, And the white light of Christ outstreams From the red disc of Mars, His fame, who led the stormy van Of battle, well may cease; But never that which crowns the man Whose victory was peace.”

Ifs Men Wells Looks May War Dream Light Earth Evil Christ White He Man Victory Battle Fame Red Cease Crowns Mars Vans Stormy Discs White Light Light Of Christ

Book:Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier

Source: Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier

“I can't quite define my aversion to asking questions of strangers. From snatches of family battles which I have heard drifting up from railway stations and street corners, I gather that there are a great many men who share my dislike for it, as well as an equal number of women who ... believe it to be the solution to most of this world's problems.”

Source: The Benchley Roundup