Quote#Love
The loss of ennobling aspirations, of the love of all good, of the…
Quote byLucy Larcom · 1824–1893
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Lucy Larcom : Life, Letters, and Diary (1895), Journal entry (2 March 1861), Ch. 5 : The Beginning of the War..
English (original)
the loss of ennobling aspirations, of the love of all good, of the power of seeing and seeking truth? And if this is possible to us now, by our own choice, why not forever? — since, as free beings, our choice must always be in our own power?
— Lucy Larcom
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