The Bible is like a telescope. If a man looks through his telescope, then he sees worlds beyond; … - Henry Ward Beecher

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Water inflated the belly Of Hart Crane, and of Shelley. Coleridge was a dope. Southwell died on a rope.

Henry Ward Beecher

The Bible is like a telescope. If a man looks through his telescope, then he sees worlds beyond; but, if he looks at his telescope, then he does not see anything but that.

Doe, Looks, Man, Men, Sees, Telescope

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Blessed be the man whose work drives him. Something must drive men; and if it is wholesome industry, they have no time for a thousand torments and temptations.

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Sorrows, as storms, bring down the clouds close to the earth; sorrows bring heaven down close; and they are instruments of cleansing and purifying.

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God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.

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The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.

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Were one to ask me in which direction I think man strongest, I should say, his capacity to hate.

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Water inflated the belly Of Hart Crane, and of Shelley. Coleridge was a dope. Southwell died on a rope.

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