Rare Earth Elements

Famous quotes containing the words rare, earth and/or elements:

    “As the truest society approaches always nearer to solitude, so the most excellent speech finally falls into Silence. Silence is audible to all men, at all times, and in all places. She is when we hear inwardly, sound when we hear outwardly. Creation has not displaced her, but is her visible framework and foil. All sounds are her servants, and purveyors, proclaiming not only that their mistress is, but is a rare mistress, and earnestly to be sought after.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    ““Christ, the Lord is ris’n to Day,”
    Sons of Men and Angels say,
    Raise your Joys and Triumphs high,
    Sing ye Heav’ns, and Earth reply.”
    —Charles Wesley (1707–1788)

    “Let us have a fair field! This is all we ask, and we will be content with nothing less. The finger of evolution, which touches everything, is laid tenderly upon women. They have on their side all the elements of progress, and its spirit stirs within them. They are fighting, not for themselves alone, but for the future of humanity. Let them have a fair field!”
    —Tennessee Claflin (1846–1923)