• There is in us a lyric germ or nucleus which deserves respect; it bids a man to ponder or create; and in this dim corner of himself he can take refuge and find consolations which the society of his fellow creatures does not provide.

  Norman Douglas
  British Author 1868-1952
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. consolations
2. creatures
3. himself
4. society
5. provide
6. refuge

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There is in us a lyric germ or nucleus which deserves respect; it bids a man to ponder or create; and in this dim corner of himself he can take refuge and find consolations which the society of his fellow creatures does not provide. by : Norman Douglas

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