"O'er the rugged mountain's brow Clara threw the twins she nursed, And remarked,'I wonder now Which will reach the bottom first?"

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Source : 'Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes' (1899) 'Calculating Clara'

Harry Graham

#Mountain Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Twins Quotes

“Loneliness is random; solitude is ritual.”
“You obviously want the results but you must do your job in every at-bat and deal with what every situation dictates.”
“One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.”
“He may have gone to bed three hours ago, but he knows who he is playing. You can rest assured that he hasn't slept a wink.”
“Positive findings are around twice as likely to be published as negative findings. This is a cancer at the core of evidence-based medicine.”

Source : A Rhetoric of Public Bias: How Doctors Are Mislead About the Drugs They Prescribe, delivered September 2012
“The genius of a composer is found in the notes of his music; but analyzing the notes will not reveal his genius. The poet's greatness is contained in his words; yet the study of his words will not disclose his inspiration. God reveals himself in creation; but scrutinize creation as minutely as you wish, you will not find God, any more than you will find the soul through careful examination of your body.”
“In a lot of places in the United States and certainly even more places around the world, the image of the cowboy has become, for some people, a negative one. The word 'cowboy' implies a strong, stubborn individual whose individualism depends on pulling down other people's individualism.”
“My God, help me always resolutely to strive, and, through life and death, to force my way unto Thee.”

Source : Christian Scriver (1857). “Gotthold's Emblems, Or, Invisible Things Understood by Things that are Made”, p.145

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