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" I stand and look at them long and long. They do not sweat and whine about their condition, They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins, They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God, Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with... "
American Poetry - Page 478
by Percy Holmes Boynton - 1918 - 721 pages
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The Living Age, Volume 128

1876 - 844 pages
...and self-contained ; I stand and look at them long and long. They do not sweat and whine about tl.eir condition ; They do not lie awake in the dark and...nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago ; Not one is respectable or industrious over the whole earth. Wise men have long been, and are likely...
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The Contemporary Review, Volume 27

1876 - 1022 pages
...about their condition ; They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sin3 ; They do not make mo sick discussing their duty to God; Not one is dissatisfied...nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago ; Not one is respectable or industrious over the whole earth." Wise men have long been, and are likely...
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Papers for the times [ed. by W. Lewin]., Volume 2

Walter Lewin - 1879 - 252 pages
...habits. He says— " I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained ; I stand and look at them long and long, They do not...make me sick discussing their duty to God; Not one is dissatisfied—not one is demented with the mania of owning things ; Not one kneels to another, nor...
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Education, Volume 49

1928 - 692 pages
...and modern." He envied the placidity of animals, their indifference to the tumult of life about them: "I think I could turn and live with animals, they...do not make me sick discussing their duty to God. Xot one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owning things, Not one kneels to another,...
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Leaves of Grass

Walt Whitman - 1883 - 404 pages
...vain the buzzard houses herself with the sky, In vain the snake slides through the creepers and logs, In vain the elk takes to the inner passes of the woods,...nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago, Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth. So they show their relations to me and I accept...
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Parodies of the Works of English & American Authors, Volume 5

1888 - 344 pages
...original energy. I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained, I stand and look at them long and long. They do not...nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago, Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth. So they show their relations to me and I accept...
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Proceedings, Volume 41

Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1887 - 272 pages
...me is a miracle." " A morning glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books." " I think I could turn and live with animals, they are...nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago, Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth. So they shew their relations to me and I accept...
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Proceedings of the Literary & Philosophical Society of Liverpool, Issue 41

Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1887 - 268 pages
...me is a miracle." " A morning glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books." " I think I could turn and live with animals, they are...nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago, Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth. So they shew their relations to me aud I accept...
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The Self-revelation of God

Samuel Harris - 1887 - 592 pages
...them : — •• I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained, I stand and look at them long and long. They do not...nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago, Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth." Hartmann reaches the same pessimistic conclusions...
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The Magazine of Poetry and Literary Review, Volume 1

1889 - 532 pages
...I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contain'd, I stand and look at ihcm long and long. They do not sweat and whine about their...nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago, Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth. — Had. SYMPATHY. I have said that the soul...
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