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The ground of all great thoughts is sadness.
Philip James Bailey
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Philip James Bailey
Age: 86 †
Born: 1816
Born: April 22
Died: 1902
Died: September 6
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Dreams are rudiments Of the great state to come. We dream what is About to happen.
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Let each man think himself an act of God, His mind a thought, his life a breath of God And let each try, by great thoughts and good deeds, To show the most of Heaven he hath in him.
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Stars which stand as thick as dewdrops on the field of heaven.
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