I thus found that the student who wishes for a shelter can obtain one for a lifetime at an expense not greater than the rent which he now pays annually. If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself; and my shortcomings and inconsistencies do not affect the truth of my statement.
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Zum Autor"Perhaps these pages are more particularly addressed to poor students. As for the rest of my readers, they will accept such portions as apply to them. I trust that none will stretch the seams in putting on the coat, for it may do good service to him whom it fits."
"Wildness is the preservation of the World."
"I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude."
"What are these pines & these birds about? What is this pond a-doing? I must know a little more."
"Misfortunes occur only when a man is false.... Events circumstances etc. Have their origin in ourselves. They spring from seeds which we have sown."
"The bluebird carries the sky on his back."