On the death of a friend, we should consider that the fates through confidence have devolved on us the task of a double living, that we have henceforth to fulfill the promise of our friend's life also, in our own, to the world.

— Henry David Thoreau

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Give me a lever long enough, and a prop strong enough, I can single-handed move the world

— Archimedes

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To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower hold infinity in the palms of your hand and eternity in an hour

— William Blake

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