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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

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John Ruskin. (1819–1900) (continued)
 
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      That treacherous phantom which men call Liberty.
          The Seven Lamps of Architecture. Chap. vii. Sect. 21.
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      Work first and then rest.
          The Seven Lamps of Architecture. The Lamp of Beauty.
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      The greatest efforts of the race have always been traceable to the love of praise, as its greatest catastrophes to the love of pleasure.
          Sesame and Lilies. Part i. iii.
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      A little group of wise hearts is better than a wilderness of fools.
          Crown of Wild Olive. War.
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      Fine art is that in which the hand, the head and the heart go together.
          The Two Paths. Lecture ii.
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      Engraving is, in brief terms, the Art of Scratch.
          Ariadne.
 
Thomas Dunn English. (1819–1902)
 
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    Don’t you remember sweet Alice, Ben Bolt?
  Sweet Alice, whose hair was so brown;
Who wept with delight when you gave her a smile,
  And trembled with fear at your frown!
          Ben Bolt.
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    Your eyes were filled with love, Kate Vane;
Ah, would that we were young again!
          Kate Vane.
 
Julia Ward Howe. (1819–1910)
 
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    Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible, swift sword;
      His truth is marching on.
          Battle Hymn of the Republic.