Some, I verily believe, delight to be slave-men; it is a joy to them, and they would not change their condition; not only miserable village wretches, but men in good position, well-to-do sycophants.
Richard JefferiesEver since the world began, it has been the belief of mankind that desolate places are the special haunt of supernatural beings.
Richard JefferiesA kestrel can and does hover in the dead calm of summer days, when there is not the faintest breath of wind. He will, and does, hover in the still, soft atmosphere of early autumn, when the gossamer falls in showers, coming straight down as if it were raining silk.
Richard JefferiesIt would seem that the ant works its way tentatively, and, observing where it fails, tries another place and succeeds.
Richard JefferiesScience, as illustrated by the printing press, the telegraph, the railway, is a double-edged sword. At the same moment that it puts an enormous power in the hands of the good man, it also offers an equal advantage to the evil disposed.
Richard Jefferies