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The three eldest children of Necessity: God, the World and love.
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Thou canst not pray to God without praying to Love, but mayest pray to Love without praying to God.
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Sweet are the words of Love, sweeter his thoughts:
Sweetest of all what Love nor says nor thinks.
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Love is God's essence; Power but his attribute: therefore is his love greater than his power.
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Were Love exempt from the militations of Necessity, he were greater than God and the World.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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Richard Garnett
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Born:
February 27, 1835
Died:
April 13, 1906
(aged 71)
Bio:
Richard Garnett was a scholar, librarian, biographer and poet. He was son of Richard Garnett, an author, philologist and assistant keeper of printed books in the British Museum, i.e. what is now the British Library.
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