Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide

The intellectual power, through words and things,
Went sounding on, a dim and perilous way!

The intellectual power, through words and things,
Went sounding on, a dim and perilous way!

The hand that follows intellect can achieve.

The hand that follows intellect can achieve.

Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on,
Through words and things, a dim and perilous way.

Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on,
Through words and things, a dim and perilous way.

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has
endowed us with sense, reason, and read more

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has
endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to
forgo their use.

Thou living ray of intellectual fire.

Thou living ray of intellectual fire.

Instinct perfected is a faculty of using and even constructing
organized instruments; intelligence perfected is the faculty of
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Instinct perfected is a faculty of using and even constructing
organized instruments; intelligence perfected is the faculty of
making and using unorganized instruments.

Works of the intellect are great only by comparison with each
other.

Works of the intellect are great only by comparison with each
other.

Glorious indeed is the world of God around us, but more glorious
the world of God within us. There read more

Glorious indeed is the world of God around us, but more glorious
the world of God within us. There lies the Land of Song; there
lies the poet's native land.