English - Writer | November 6, 1848 - August 14, 1887
Now is eternity; now is the immortal life.
Richard Jefferies
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I desire a greatness of soul, an irradiance of mind, a deeper insight, a broader hope.
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Give me power of soul, so that I may actually effect by its will that which I strive for.
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The heart looks into space to be away from earth.
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That I may have the soul-life, the soul-nature, let divine beauty bring to me divine soul.
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I believe in the human form; let me find something, some method, by which that form may achieve the utmost beauty.
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Look at another person while living; the soul is not visible, only the body which it animates. Therefore, merely because after death the soul is not visible is no demonstration that it does not still live.
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To the soul, there is no past and no future; all is, and will be ever, in now. For artificial purposes time is mutually agreed on, but there is really no such thing.
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Is there anything so delicious as the first exploration of a great library - alone - unwatched?
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A man, to read, must read alone. He may make extracts, he may work at books in company; but to read, to absorb, he must be solitary.
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The workman in the true sense of the word - the artist in guns - is either extinct, or hidden in an obscure corner. There is no individuality about modern guns. One is exactly like another.
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The 'crownd' is still the unit, the favourite coin of the labourers, especially the elder folk. They use the word something in the same sense as the dollar, and look with regret upon the gradual disappearance of the broad silver disc with the figure of 'St. Gaarge' conquering the dragon.
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