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«Stars are good too. I wish I could get some to put in my hair. But I suppose I never can. You would be surprised to find how far off they are, for they do not look it. When they first showed last night I tried to knock some down with a pole, but it didn't reach, which astonished me. Then I tried clods till I was all tired out, but I never got one. I did make some close shots, for I saw the black blot of the clod sail right into thee midst of the golden clusters forty or fifty times, just barely missing them, and if I could've held out a little longer, maybe I could've got one.»
Author: Mark Twain (Humorist, Lecturer, Writer) | Keywords: astonished, barely, blot, clods, close down, cluster, clusters, far-off, Fifty one, hold off, I Tried, knock, knock off, last but not least, missing, pole, poles, pole star, put in, shots, showed, The Black
«He who governs by his moral excellence may be compared to the Pole star which abides in its place while all other stars bow towards it.»
Author: Proverb | About: Excellence, Government, Morality | Keywords: governs, moral excellence, pole star
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