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Great Quotes by Lafcadio Hearn
- French novels generally treat of the relations of women to the world and to lovers, after marriage; consequently there is a great deal in French…
- A proof of really great art is that it is generally true - it seldom falls into the misapprehensions to which minor art is liable.
- At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of…
- Is woman a religion? Well, perhaps you will have the chance of judging for yourselves if you go to America. There you will find men…
- A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove today on examination to have been of…
- But every great scripture, whether Hebrew, Indian, Persian, or Chinese, apart from its religious value will be found to have some rare and special beauty…
- As a result, the highly civilized man can endure incomparably more than the savage, whether of moral or physical strain. Being better able to control…
- The great principle of Western society is that competition rules here as it rules in everything else. The best man - that is to say,…
- One of the great defects of English books printed in the last century is the want of an index.
- A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove to-day on examination to have been of…
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