Matthew Arnold (1822–1888) English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools
"The Buried Life" (1852), st. 6
“Behind of the words a silent ocean of desires
and a coiled knowledge lies in wait,
listen a restless voice in our heart endlessly urging us onward to break the limits of fear and to embrace of our longing.”
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Fecisti nos ad te et inquietum est cor nostrum donec requiescat in te.
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