That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did out pour
Nothing farther then he uttered- not a feather then he fluttered -
Till I scarcely more than muttered, "Other friends have flown before - On the morrow he will leave me, as my Hopes have flown before."
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."


I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago. Edgar Allan Poe