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Daniel Defoe Quotes

Daniel Defoe quote: "The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must..."

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.

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Like many fly fishermen in western Montana where the summer days are almost Arctic in length, I often do not start fishing until the cool of the evening. Then in the Arctic half-light of the canyon, all existence fades to a being with my soul and memories and the sounds of the Big Blackfoot River and a four-count rhythm and the hope that a fish will rise. Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from... Norman Maclean
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