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  hat all deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea...
• Truth," I cried, "though the heavens crush me for following he
  o falsehood, though a whole celestial Lubberland were the price of apostasy!" -- Carlyle...
• We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values.
  For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people....
• But who is this, what thing of sea or land,-- Female of sex it seem
  That so bedeck'd, ornate, and gay, Comes this way sailing Like a stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for th' isles Of Javan or Gadire, With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails fill'd, and streamers waving, Courted by all the winds that hold them play, An amber scent of odorous perfume Her harbinger?...
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  YOU WRITE: Probably the greatest quality of the poetry John Milton -- born 1608 of John Milton, who was born in 1608, is the combination of beauty and power....
• Truth ... never comes into the world, but like a Bastard, to the ignominy of him that brought her forth.
  -- John Milton (1608-1674)...
• Who shall silence all the airs and madrigals that whisper softness in chambers?
  -- John Milton (1608-1674) -- Areopagitica...
• Truth is as impossible to be soiled by any outward touch as the sunbeam.
  -- John Milton (1608-1674) -- Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce...
• Chandler: I am telling you, years from now, schoolchildren will study it as one of the greatest first dates of all time.
  It was unbelievable! We could totally be ourselves, we didn't have to play any games....