"O proudly name their names who bravely sail|……" — Helen Hunt Jackson
"O proudly name their names who bravely sail| To seek brave lost in Arctic snows and seas!"
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Helen Hunt Jackson
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34 Quotes by Helen Hunt Jackson
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O sweet, delusive Noon, Which the morning climbs to find, O moment sped too soon, And morning left behind.
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The wild mustard in Southern California is like that spoken of in the New Testament. . . . Its gold…
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There is nothing so skillful in its own defense as imperious pride.
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There cannot be found in the animal kingdom a bat, or any other creature, so blind in its own range…
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Wounded vanity knows when it is mortally hurt; and limps off the field, piteous, all disguises thrown away. But pride…
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But all lost things are in the angels' keeping, Love; No past is dead for us, but only sleeping, Love;…
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Who longest waits most surely wins.
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For April sobs while these are so glad April weeps while these are so gay,- Weeps like a tired child…
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O bees, sweet bees!" I said; "that nearest field Is shining white with fragrant immortelles Fly swiftly there and drain…
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One of Dr. Johnson's ingredients of happiness was, "A little less time than you want." That means always to have…
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O May, sweet-voice one, going thus before, Forever June may pour her warm red wine Of life and passions,--sweeter days…
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Gazing around, looking up at the lofty pinnacles above, which seemed to pierce the sky, looking down upon the world,-\-\it…
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More Arctic Quotes
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Even in our day, science suspects beyond the Polar seas, at the very circle of the Arctic Pole, the existence…
— H. P. Blavatsky
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We had an electrical fault about 500 miles into the trip and lost more than half our fuel. We had…
— Richard Branson
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There is a river in the ocean. In the severest droughts it never fails, and in the mightiest floods it…
— Matthew Fontaine Maury
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Drilling in the Refuge is completely unnecessary when we could improve the average fuel economy of cars, minivans and SUV's…
— Ed Markey
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...Was it because a lot of the heat went into melting Arctic sea ice or parts of Greenland and Antarctica,…
— Kevin E. Trenberth
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Remember...this year has already seen more billion-dollar weather-related disasters than any year in US history. Last year was the warmest…
— Bill McKibben
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The Arctic has a call that is compelling. The distant mountains [of the Brooks Range in Alaska] make one want…
— William O. Douglas
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For the first time in history, my community has had to use air conditioners. Imagine that, air conditioners in the…
— Sheila Watt-Cloutier
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According to the University of Illinois' Arctic Climate Research Center, global sea ice levels now equal those of 1979.
— George Will
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There is a cheap literature that speaks to us of the need of escape. It is true that when we…
— Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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The Old Religion, as we call it, is closer in spirit to Native American traditions or to shamanism of the…
— Starhawk
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For as long as I can remember, I have loved snow and ice. As a result, I have spent most…
— Lonnie Dupre
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