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Quotes from Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 — Margaret Fuller

1810–1850 United States

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To one who has enjoyed the full life of any scene, of any hour, what thoughts can be recorded about it, seem like the commas and semicolons in the paragraph, mere stops.

Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 (1844)

Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though, in truth, his dreaming must not be out of proportion to his waking!

Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 (1844)

The work is done through all, if not by every one.

Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 (1844)

To me it seems that it is madder never to abandon oneself, than often to be infatuated; better to be wounded, a captive, and a slave, than always to walk in armor.

Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 (1844)

Who sees the meaning of the flower uprooted in the ploughed field?

Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 (1844)

I never lived, that I remember, what you call a common natural day.

Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 (1844)

The better part of wisdom is a sublime prudence, a pure and patient truth that will receive nothing it is not sure it can permanently lay to heart.

Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 (1844)

I doubt whether, in the eyes of pure intelligence, an ill-grounded hasty rejection be not a greater sign of weakness than an ill-grounded and hasty faith.

Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 (1844)

All around us lies what we neither understand nor use. Our capacities, our instincts for this our present sphere are but half developed.

Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 (1844)

Thou art greatly wise, my friend, and ever respected by me, yet I find not in your theory or your scope, room enough for the lyric inspirations, or the mysterious whispers of life. To me it seems that it is madder never to abandon oneself, than often to be infatuated; better to be wounded, a captive, and a slave, than always to walk in armor.

Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 (1844)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Margaret Fuller (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.