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    “What is there in life except one’s ideas,
    Good air, good friend, what is there in life?”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “The destiny of the whole race is comprised in four things: Religion, education, morals, politics. Woman is a religious being; she is becoming educated; she has a high code of morals; she will yet purify politics.”
    —Zerelda G. Wallace (1817–1901)

    “Force is my lot and not pink-clustered
    Roma ni Avignon ni Leyden,
    And cold, my element. Death is my
    Master and, without light, I dwell.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)