Rudyard Kipling and Charles Larcom Graves

“ Smaller men pretend to seek larger things which, not being found, they sit down like doctors to measure spirits descending into profound earth and, spotted all over, none the less elevating all things towards the breath of morning. ”

“ Venal persons lying down through the nights, they themselves rise to a man to prove arches never-sleeping and immense marbles to which too many things are confided for fear of hidden weights to be imposed by following ages. They do not look at laurels or spectacles nor even at peace, a traitress, till she is proper. ”

“ Having gained anything they do not beg for triumphs nor, being lost, consider themselves excused. The images having been drawn into the city, it is of no interest whether those pulling shall have been rewarded by death or thin white money. ”