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All that is observable in a man-that is to say his actions and such of his spiritual existence as can be deduced from his actions-falls into the domain of history.
E. M. Forster
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E. M. Forster
Age: 91 †
Born: 1879
Born: January 1
Died: 1970
Died: June 7
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Edward Morgan Forster
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Life - No, I've nothing to teach you about it for the moment. May be writing about it another week.
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Do not be proud of your inconsistency. It is a pity, it is a pity that we should be equipped like this. It is a pity that Man cannot be at the same time impressive and truthful.
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There was something better in life than this rubbish, if only he could get to it—love—nobility—big spaces where passion clasped peace, spaces no science could reach, but they existed for ever, full of woods some of them, and arched with majestic sky and a friend. . .
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Words deserted him immediately. He could only speak when he was not asked to.
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It comes to this then: there always have been people like me and always will be, and generally they have been persecuted.
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What the world most needs today are negative virtues - not minding people, not being huffy, touchy, irritable or revengeful.
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