Self sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow.
Life is a series of surprises and would not be worth taking or keeping if it were not.
A man is related to all nature.
And striving to be Man, the worm Mounts through all the spires of form.
Every stoic was a stoic; but in Christendom where is the Christian?
The betrothed and accepted lover has lost the wildest charms of his maiden by her acceptance. She was heaven while he pursued her, but she cannot be heaven if she stoops to one such as he!