Maurice Thompson quotes
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“So long as the new moon returns in heaven a bent, beautiful bow, so long will the fascination of archery keep hold in the hearts of men.”
-- Maurice ThompsonSource : Maurice Thompson (1928). “The witchery of archery”, p.8, Рипол Классик
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“There is no excellence in archery without great labour.”
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“But you must be patient and careful; nor should you expect to become an accomplished archer without long and severe training.”
-- Maurice ThompsonSource : Maurice Thompson “The Witchery of Archery”, Lulu.com
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“When Spring is old, and dewy windsBlow from the south, with odors sweet,I see my love, in shadowy groves,Speed down dark aisles on shining feet.”
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“Up to the days of Indiana's early statehood, probably as late as 1825, there stood, in what is now the beautiful little city of Vincennes on the Wabash, the decaying remnant of an old and curiously gnarled cherry tree, known as the Roussillion tree, le cerisier de Monsieur Roussillion, as the French inhabitants called it, which as long as it lived bore fruit remarkable for richness of flavor and peculiar dark ruby depth of color.”
-- Maurice ThompsonSource : Maurice Thompson (2008). “Alice of Old Vincennes (Volume 1 of 2 ) (EasyRead Super Large 24pt Edition)”, p.1, ReadHowYouWant.com
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Source : A. Bartlett Giamatti (1981). “The University and the Public Interest”, Atheneum Books
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Source : A. B. Simpson (1984). “Days of Heaven on Earth: A Daily Devotional to Comfort and Inspire”, Moody Publishers
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Source : A. E. Housman (2012). “A Shropshire Lad”, p.43, Courier Corporation
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“To use a Southern euphemism, our space program has been snake-bit.”
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