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...something in yourself? For as this appalling ocean surrounds the verdant land, so in the soul of man there lies one insular Tahiti, full of peace and joy, but encompassed by all the horrors of the half known life. God keep thee! Push not off from that isle, thou canst never return...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Track of the White Whale | 8/29/1949 | See Source »

...poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Books, Jun. 11, 1945 | 6/11/1945 | See Source »

...radio two Sundays ago issued sounds of a wind machine and the voice of an actor impersonating God: Shall he who contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? . . . Wilt thou disannul my judgment, Job? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous? . . . Hast thou an arm like God, Job? Canst thou thunder with a voice like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: God on the Air | 5/10/1937 | See Source »

...Thou canst not be lodged here...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 12/2/1936 | See Source »

...days when young people learned memory-gems, instead of knock-knocks, there was one which comes to mind today- "Judge not . . . the working of his inmost heart thou canst not see. What seems to our dim eyes a flaw may only be a scar, brought from some well fought field where we would only faint and yield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LETTERS: Stevenson Rebutted | 11/16/1936 | See Source »

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