"All the same,
Of absolute and irretrievable black,—black's soul of black
Beyond white's power to disintensify,—
Of that I saw no sample: such may wreck
My life and ruin my philosophy
Tomorrow, doubtless."A
A: A Bean Stripe—Ferishtah's Fancies.
He knew that, to justify God, he had to justify all His ways to man; that if the good rules at all, it rules absolutely; and that a single exception would confute his optimism.
"So, gazing up, in my youth, at love