Charles Kingsley was an English novelist, particularly associated with the West Country and north-east Hampshire.
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“See the land, her Easter keeping, Rises as her Maker rose. Seeds, so long in darkness sleeping, Burst at last from winter snows. Earth with heaven above rejoices...”
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Charles Kingsley
“There are two freedoms--the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where a man is free to do what he ought.”
“Be good...and let who can be clever; Do lovely things, not dream them, all day long; And so make Life, and Death, and that For Ever, One grand sweet song.”
“The only way to regenerate the world is to do the thing which lies nearest us, and not hunt after grand, far-fetched ones for ourselves.”
“Except a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book.”
“Do noble things, not dream them all day long”
“Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know.”
“All we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.”
“When all the world is young, lad, / And all the trees are green; / And every goose a swan, lad / And every lass a queen; / Then hey for boot and horse, lad, / And round the world away: / Young blood must have its course, lad,/ And every dog his day.”
“Feelings are like chemicals, the more you analyze them the worse they smell.”