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Bliss Carman Quotes: Indifference may not wreck a man's life at any one turn but it will destroy him with a kind of dry-rot in the long run.
         

Indifference may not wreck a man's life at any one turn but it will destroy him with a kind of dry-rot in the long run.


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Indifference may not wreck a man's life at any one turn but it will destroy him with a kind of dry-rot in the long run.
         



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The scarlet of the maples can shake me like a cry Of bugles going by. And my lonely spirit thrills To see the frosty asters like a smoke upon the hills.

The scarlet of the maples can shake me like a cry Of bugles going by. And my lonely spirit thrills To see the frosty asters like a smoke upon the hills.



Set me a task in which I can put something of my very self, and it is a task no longer; it is joy; it is art.

Set me a task in which I can put something of my very self, and it is a task no longer; it is joy; it is art.



Over the shoulders and slopes of the dune I saw the white daisies go down to the sea, A host in the sunshine, an army in June, The people God sends us to set our heart free.

Over the shoulders and slopes of the dune I saw the white daisies go down to the sea, A host in the sunshine, an army in June, The people God sends us to set our heart free.



I took a day to search for God, And found Him not. But as I trod By rocky ledge, through woods untamed, Just where one scarlet lily flamed, I saw His foot print in the sod.

I took a day to search for God, And found Him not. But as I trod By rocky ledge, through woods untamed, Just where one scarlet lily flamed, I saw His foot print in the sod.



There is something in the autumn that is native to my blood- Touch of manner, hint of mood; And my heart is like a rhyme, With the yellow and the purple and the crimson keeping time.

There is something in the autumn that is native to my blood- Touch of manner, hint of mood; And my heart is like a rhyme, With the yellow and the purple and the crimson keeping time.



Lord of the far horizons, Give us the eyes to see Over the verge of the sundown The beauty that is to be.

Lord of the far horizons, Give us the eyes to see Over the verge of the sundown The beauty that is to be.



I often wish... that I could rid the world of the tyranny of facts. What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease.

I often wish... that I could rid the world of the tyranny of facts. What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease.



There is only one way in the world to be distinguished. Follow your instinct! Be yourself, and you'll be somebody. Be one more blind follower of the blind, and you will have the oblivion you desire.

There is only one way in the world to be distinguished. Follow your instinct! Be yourself, and you'll be somebody. Be one more blind follower of the blind, and you will have the oblivion you desire.



A 'fact' merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease.

A 'fact' merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease.



Thank God for poverty That makes and keeps us free And lets us go our unobtrusive way, Glad of the sun and rain, Upright, serene, humane, Contented with the fortune of a day.

Thank God for poverty That makes and keeps us free And lets us go our unobtrusive way, Glad of the sun and rain, Upright, serene, humane, Contented with the fortune of a day.





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This page presents the quote "Indifference may not wreck a man's life at any one turn but it will destroy him with a kind of dry-rot in the long run.". Author of this quote is Bliss Carman. This quote is about apathy, indifference,.