We have two lives about us, Two worlds in which we dwell, Within us and without us, Alternate Heaven and Hell Without, the somber Real, Within, our hearts of hearts, the beautiful Ideal. (Richard Henry Stoddard)

We have two lives about us, Two worlds in which we dwell, Within us and without us, Alternate Heaven and Hell Without, the somber Real, Within, our hearts of hearts, the beautiful Ideal.

Richard Henry Stoddard

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