"The evils of tyranny are rarely seen but by him who resists it."
"There are occasions when you can hear the mysterious language of the Earth, in water, or coming through the trees, emanating from the mosses, seeping through the under currents of the soil, but you have to be willing to wait and receive."
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Source: Distichs no. 15 (1890)
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