“Great truths are portions of the soul of man;
Great souls are portions of eternity.”
James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) American poet, critic, editor, and diplomat
Sonnet VI
Sonnets (1844)
“The naked woman’s body is a portion of eternity too great for the eye of man.”
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