Life hangs as nothing in the scale against dear Liberty! – Lucy Larcom
If the worlds a veil of tears, Smile till rainbows span it. – Lucy Larcom

Life hangs as nothing in the scale against dear Liberty! – Lucy Larcom
If the worlds a veil of tears, Smile till rainbows span it. – Lucy Larcom
Like a plant that starts up in showers and sunshine and does not know which has best helped it to grow, it is difficult to say whether the hard things or the pleasant things did me the most good. – Lucy Larcom
The desire to build a risk-free society has always been a sign of decadence. It has meant that the nation has given up, that it no longer believes in its destiny, that it has ceased to aspire to greatness, and has retired from history to pet itself. – Henry Fairlie, quoted in Conservation Foundation Letter, November 1981