Quote#Nature
A part is greater than the whole
Quote byLucy Larcom · 1824–1893
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Strip of Blue (1870).
English (original)
A part is greater than the whole; By hints are mysteries told. The fringes of eternity, — God's sweeping garment-fold, In that bright shred of glittering sea, I reach out for and hold.
— Lucy Larcom
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