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Booth died blind and still by faith he trod,
Eyes still dazzled by the ways of God.

— Vachel Lindsay General William Booth Enters into Heaven, and Other Poems (1913)

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I think that my first poetic impulse is for music; second a definite conception with the ring of the universe; third clearness of exposition.

A Poet in America (1935)

The fact that you can write verse is in itself a certificate that you can write prose.

What It Means to Be a Poet in America (1926)

A bronzed, lank man! His suit of ancient black,
A famous high top-hat and plain worn shawl
Make him the quaint great figure that men love,
The prairie-lawyer, master of us all.

The Congo, and Other Poems (1914)

Then I saw the Congo, creeping through the black,
Cutting through the forest with a golden track.

The Congo, and Other Poems (1914)

And who will bring white peace
That he may sleep upon his hill again?

The Congo, and Other Poems (1914)

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Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

William James The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy (1897)

Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.

Thomas Jefferson Letter to Peter Carr (1787)

I had never doubted my own abilities, but I was quite prepared to believe that "the world" would decline to recognize them.

Colin Wilson Postscript to the Outsider (1967)

Love is the active, working principle in all true faith. It is its very soul, without which it is dead. "Faith works by love."

Jonathan Edwards Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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