In our nature however there is a provision alike marvelous and merciful that the sufferer should never know the intensity of what he endures by its present torture but chiefly by the pang that rankles after it.

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A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.

A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.

We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream, it may be so the

We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream, it may be so the moment after death.

Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.

Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.

Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale.

Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale.

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