“A man can only rise, conquer, and achieve by lifting up his thoughts.”

— James Allen

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British philosophical writer 1864–1912

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So hath he hunted down the gods
As well as human things!
“Yet only thro’ the strength of Death
A god shall fall or rise —
A thousand lie on the cold snows,
Stone still, with marble eyes.
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Shall in his season rise again,
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“And whosoe’er loves mortals most
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Yea, whosoe’er grows beautiful
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