THE HEART’S DESIRE
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WHITE VIOLETS.
A star fell from the sky at night Through the dim stillness of the blue. And sank, a transient gleam of white AYhere beds of early violets grew.
It left no vacant place on high, It gave to earth no added light— But flowers of color like the sky. Were changed into a starry white
It is better to say nothing than to speak the truth ill-naturedly.
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Every thought and word and deed, of every human being, is followed by its inevitable consequence: for the one we are responsible- with the other we have nothing to do.
—Gail Hamilton
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We are not meant to he good in this world, but to try to be, and fail, and keep on trying: and when wo get a cake to say, “Thank God!” and when we get a buffet, to say, “Just so: well hit!
—R. L. Stevenson
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 February 1930, Page 1
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153THE HEART’S DESIRE Hokitika Guardian, 20 February 1930, Page 1
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