The minister explained the miracle. He said that the words on the spider’s web proved that human beings must always be on the watch for the coming of… - E.B. White

Walden is the report of a man torn by two powerful and opposing drives — the desire to enjoy the world (and not be derailed by a mosquito wing) and the urge to set the world straight. One cannot join these two successfully, but sometimes, in rare cases, something good or even great results from the attempt of the tormented spirit to reconcile them.

child was left out in the cold, bearing the stigma of being different. It is this one child that our Constitution is concerned about — his tranquillity, his health, his safety, his conscience. What a kindly old document it is, and how brightly it shines, through interpretation after interpretation!

I don't understand it, and I don't like what I don't understand.