Maxioms by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Is it a fact -- or have I dreamt it -- that, by means of electricity, the world of matter read more
Is it a fact -- or have I dreamt it -- that, by means of electricity, the world of matter has become a great nerve, vibrating thousands of miles in a breathless point of time?
Dr. Johnson's morality was as English an article as a beefsteak.
Dr. Johnson's morality was as English an article as a beefsteak.
Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.
Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.
It is a suggestive idea to track those worn feet backward through
all the paths they have trodden ever read more
It is a suggestive idea to track those worn feet backward through
all the paths they have trodden ever since they were the tender
and rosy little feet of a baby, and (cold as they now are) were
kept warm in his mother's hand.
Some maladies are rich and precious and only to be acquired by
the right of inheritance or purchased with read more
Some maladies are rich and precious and only to be acquired by
the right of inheritance or purchased with gold.
- Nathaniel Hawthorne,
