Earthly minds, like mud walls, resist the strongest batteries: and though, perhaps, sometimes the force of a clear argument may ma...ke some impression, yet they nevertheless stand firm, and keep out the enemy, truth, that would captivate or disturb them. Tell a man passionately in love, that he is jilted; bring a score of witnesses of the falsehood of his mistress, it is ten to one but three kind words of hers shall invalidate all their testimonies.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
To make a final conquest of all me, Love did compose so sweet an enemy,... In whom both beauties to my death agree, Joining themselves in fatal harmony; That while she with her eyes my heart does bind, She with her voice might captivate my mind.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Unfortunately, life may sometimes seem unfair to middle children, some of whom feel like an afterthought to a brilliant older sibl...ing and unable to captivate the family's attention like the darling baby. Yet the middle position offers great training for the real world of lowered expectations, negotiation, and compromise. Middle children who often must break the mold set by an older sibling may thereby learn to challenge family values and seek their own identity.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »