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O daisy mine, what will it be to look
From God's side even of such a simple thing?

— Alice Meynell Preludes (1875)

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More quotes by Alice Meynell

It is easy to replace man, and it will take no great time, where Nature has lapsed, to replace Nature.

The Colour of Life and Other Essays (1896)

Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind.

The Rhythm of Life and Other Essays (1893)

Compassion in the highest degree is the divinest form of religion.

What else, indeed, should mediocrity be but widespread, anywhere?

Childhood (1913)

Children appeal to us by a variant of the quality of pathos.

Children of the Old Masters (Italian School) (1903)

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