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• As the falcon launched trustingly heavenward is lost to view, the course of the higher poetry often soars beyond the ken of the multitude; and, as the humble birds carol blithely round our dwellings, so the meeker lays of the muse linger tunefully about the heart.

  Henry Theodore Tuckerman

  Heart, Humble, Views

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• To a nice ear, the quality of a voice is singularly affecting. Its depth seems to be allied to feeling; at least, the contralto notes alone give an adequate sense of pathos. They are born near the heart.

  Henry Theodore Tuckerman

  Nice, Heart, Voice

  Henry Theodore Tuckerman (1850). “The optimist”, p.83

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• The French have a significant saying, that a woman who buys her complexion will sell it.

  Henry Theodore Tuckerman

  Significant, Frailty, Complexion

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• The art of walking is at once suggestive of the dignity of man. Progressive motion alone implies power, but in almost every other instance it seems a power gained at the expense of self-possession.

  Henry Theodore Tuckerman

  Art, Journey, Men

  Henry Theodore Tuckerman (1850). “The optimist”, p.135

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• Society is the offspring of leisure; and to acquire this forms the only rational motive for accumulating wealth, notwithstanding the cant that prevails on the subject of labor.

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  Society, Leisure, Wealth

  Henry Theodore Tuckerman (1850). “The optimist”, p.115

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• Professed authors who overestimate their vocation are too full of themselves to be agreeable companions. The demands of their egotism are inveterate.

  Henry Theodore Tuckerman

  Demand, Companion, Vocation

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• National enthusiasm is the nursery of genius.

  Henry Theodore Tuckerman

  Genius, Enthusiasm, Nursery

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• Fashion seldom interferes with nature without diminishing her grace and efficiency.

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  Fashion, Grace, Efficiency

  Henry Theodore Tuckerman (1852). “The Optimist: A Series of Essays”, p.248

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• Poetry is the overflowing of the Soul.

  Henry Theodore Tuckerman

  Poetry, Soul, Poetry Is

  Thomas Budd Shaw, Henry Theodore Tuckerman (1853). “Outlines of English Literature”, p.468

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• If conversation be an art, like painting, sculpture, and literature, it owes its most power charm to nature; and the least shade of formality or artifice destroys the effect of the best collection of words.

  Henry Theodore Tuckerman

  Art, Sculpture, Literature

  Henry Theodore Tuckerman (1850). “The optimist”, p.77

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• Professed authors who overestimate their vocation are too full of themselves to be agreeable companions. The demands of their egotism are inveterate. They seem to be incapable of that abandon which is the requisite condition of social pleasure; and bent upon winning a tribute of admiration, or some hint which they can turn to the account of pen-craft, there is seldom in their company any of the delightful unconsciousness which harmonizes a circle.

  Henry Theodore Tuckerman

  Winning, Circles, Hints

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• Credulity is perhaps a weakness almost inseparable from eminently truthful characters.

  Henry Theodore Tuckerman

  Character, Weakness, Truthful

  Henry Theodore Tuckerman (1848). “Thoughts on the Poets”, p.34

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• Let us recognize the beauty and power of true enthusiasm; and whatever we may do to enlighten ourselves and others, guard against checking or chilling a single earnest sentiment.

  Henry Theodore Tuckerman

  May, Enthusiasm, Chill

  Henry Theodore Tuckerman (1850). “The optimist”, p.18

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• To impress others we must be earnest; to amuse them, it is only necessary to be kindly and fanciful.

  Henry Theodore Tuckerman

  Impress, Earnest

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