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It is the interval between our first repinings and our final resignation, in which, both with individuals and communities, is to be found all that makes a history worth telling. Ere yet we yearn for what is out of our reach, we are still in the cradle. When wearied out with our yearnings, desire again falls asleep; we are on the deathbed.
Sophy (leaning on her grandfather's arm as they ascend the stair of the Saracen's Head). -- "But I am so tired, Grandy: I'd rather go to bed at once, please!"