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> [Great eloquence we cannot get, except from human genius.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-starr-king/great-eloquence-we-cannot-get-except-from-human-genius/)

[Thomas Starr King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-starr-king/)

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## More by Thomas Starr King

> [It is strange. I see all the privileges and greatness of the future. It already looks grand, beautiful. Tell them I went lovingly, trustfully,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-starr-king/it-is-strange-i-see-all-the-privileges-and-greatness-of-the-future-it/)

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> [What a year to live in! Worth all other times ever known in our history or any other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-starr-king/what-a-year-to-live-in-worth-all-other-times-ever-known-in-our/)

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> [Be sure of the foundation of your life. Know why you live as you do. Be ready to give a reason for it. Do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-starr-king/be-sure-of-the-foundation-of-your-life-know-why-you-live-as-you-do-be/)

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> [The oak roars when a high wind wrestles with it; the beech shrieks; the elm sends forth a long, deep groan; the ash pours…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-starr-king/the-oak-roars-when-a-high-wind-wrestles-with-it-the-beech-shrieks-the/)

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> [Nature is hieroglyphic. Each prominent fact in it is like a type; its final use is to set up one letter of the infinite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-starr-king/nature-is-hieroglyphic-each-prominent-fact-in-it-is-like-a-type-its/)

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> [Do not weep for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-starr-king/do-not-weep-for-me/)

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> [The fact is, that of all God's gifts to the sight of man, color, is the holiest, the most divine, the most solemn. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-starr-king/the-fact-is-that-of-all-god-s-gifts-to-the-sight-of-man-color-is-the/)

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> [By cultivating an interest in a few good books which contain the result of the toil or the quintessence of the genius of some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-starr-king/by-cultivating-an-interest-in-a-few-good-books-which-contain-the/)

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> [Nature never writes a blind hand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-starr-king/nature-never-writes-a-blind-hand/)

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> [What a privilege it is to be an American!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-starr-king/what-a-privilege-it-is-to-be-an-american/)

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> [The Man Without a Country, was an orator no one could silence and no one could answer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-starr-king/the-man-without-a-country-was-an-orator-no-one-could-silence-and-no/)

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> [The spirit of a person's life is ever shedding some power, just as a flower is steadily bestowing fragrance upon the air.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-starr-king/the-spirit-of-a-person-s-life-is-ever-shedding-some-power-just-as-a/)

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> [Leaves are the Greek, flowers the Italian, phase of the spirit of beauty that reveals itself through the flora of the globe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-starr-king/leaves-are-the-greek-flowers-the-italian-phase-of-the-spirit-of/)

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> [I know it is all right. I wish I could make you feel so, I wish I could describe my feelings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-starr-king/i-know-it-is-all-right-i-wish-i-could-make-you-feel-so-i-wish-i-could/)

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> [Though I weigh only 120 pounds, when I'm mad, I weigh a ton.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-starr-king/though-i-weigh-only-120-pounds-when-i-m-mad-i-weigh-a-ton/)

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