"Instead of supposing that a work of art must be something that all can behold—a poem, a painting, a book, a great bui…"

"Many people ... go through life with hardly an original thought; gravitate from one pleasure or amusement to another;…"

"I shall maintain that there simply is no such thing as philosophical knowledge, nor any philosophical way of knowing …"

"For philosophy, it is supposed by vast numbers of students and teachers of the subject, has for its goal philosophica…"

"Understanding, however--and sometimes a very considerable depth of it--results from seeing the obstinate difficulties…"

"The reader is therefore exhorted...to suspend his judgement concerning the final truth of things, since probably neit…"

"For him delicious flavors dwell In books as in old Muscatel."

"And in the evening, everywhere Along the roadside, up and down, I see the golden torches flare Like lighted street-la…"

"Song like a rose should be; Each rhyme a petal sweet; For fragrance, melody, That when her lips repeat The words, her…"

"The hunter catches a dreadful prey, the seaman steers his ship into an unspeakable harbor, the plowman sows and reaps…"