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Those works alone can have enduring success which successfully appeal to what is permanent in human nature -- which, while suiting the taste of the day, contain truths and beauty deeper than the opinions and tastes of the day.
George Henry Lewes
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George Henry Lewes
Age: 61 †
Born: 1817
Born: April 18
Died: 1878
Died: November 30
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The air is crowded with birds -- beautiful, tender, intelligent birds -- to whom life is a song.
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If you feel yourself to be above the mass, speak so as to raise the mass to the height of your argument.
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Vehemence without feeling is but rant.
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