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“ He worshipped at the temple of her intellect and I believe it was a comfort to him to know that she left our world with it still shining. ”

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Books do pretend ...but squeezed in between is even more that is true—without what you may call the lies, the pages would be too light for the truth, you see?

~ Matthew Pearl

'Pity without rigor would be cowardly egotism, mere sentimentality.'

~ Matthew Pearl

Longfellow smiled. A great part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, my dear Lowell, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

~ Matthew Pearl

Believe that when I am at once a man's friend I am always so-nor is it so very hard to bring me to it. And though a man may enjoy himself in being my enemy, he cannot make me HIS for longer than I wish. Good afternoon. Lowell had a way of leaving a conversation with the other person needing more from him.

~ Matthew Pearl