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Love gives us copious potions of delight, Of pain and ecstasy, and peace and care; Love leads us upward, to the mountain… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox Copy Share Image
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Donald had reached its further edge, and could hear the rush of the stream from the deep obscurity of the abyss below,… — Hugh Miller Copy Share Image
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