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We love the night and its quiet; and there is no night that we love so well as that on which the moon is coffined in clouds.
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Every great genius is mad upon the subject in which he is greatest. The unsuccessful madman is disgraced and called a lunatic.
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I was like one who, having discovered the ancient Eden still existing in all its primitive glory, should resolve to enjoy it in solitude, and never betray to mortal the secret of its locality. The rod of my life was bent at this moment. I destined myself to be a microscopist.
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Men were only made into "men" with great difficulty even in primitive society: the male is not naturally "a man" any more than the woman. He has to be propped up into that position with some ingenuity, and is always likely to collapse.
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Born:
October 25, 1826
Died:
April 6, 1862
(aged 35)
Bio:
Fitz James O'Brien was an Irish-American writer and poet often cited as an early writer of science fiction.
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