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Necessity, like electricity, is in ourselves and all things, and no more without us than within us.
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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Night comes, world-jewelled, . . . The stars rush forth in myriads as to wage War with the lines of Darkness and the moon, Pale ghost of Night, comes haunting the cold earth After the sun's red sea-death--quietless.
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The course of Nature seems a course of Death, And nothingness the whole substantial thing.
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The dew, 'Tis of the tears which stars weep, sweet with joy.
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Stars which stand as thick as dewdrops on the field of heaven.
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Where doubt there truth is - 'tis her shadow.
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The strongest passion which I have is honor.
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