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I do not know what I seem to the world, but to myself I appear to have been like a read more
I do not know what I seem to the world, but to myself I appear to have been like a boy playing upon the seashore and diverting myself and then finding a smoother pebble or prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay before me all undiscovered.
One sweetly solemn though comes to me over and over, I am nearer to home today than I have ever read more
One sweetly solemn though comes to me over and over, I am nearer to home today than I have ever been before.
To my friends: My work is done. Why wait?.
To my friends: My work is done. Why wait?.
Capital punishment: them without the capital get the punishment.
Capital punishment: them without the capital get the punishment.
I am about to -- or I am going to -- die; either expression is used.
I am about to -- or I am going to -- die; either expression is used.
Go on, get out. Last words are for fools who haven't said enough.
Go on, get out. Last words are for fools who haven't said enough.
Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil? You're crazy. -- Drillers whom Edwin read more
Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil? You're crazy. -- Drillers whom Edwin L. Drake tried to enlist in his project to drill for oil in 1859.
Oh Lord, forgive the misprints!
Oh Lord, forgive the misprints!
