“ If spring came but once in a century, 
instead of once a year, or burst forth 
with the sound of an earthquake, 
and not in silence, what wonder 
and expectation there would be in 
all hearts to behold the miraculous 
change! But now the silent 
succession suggests nothing but 
necessity. To most people only the 
cessation of the miracle would be 
miraculous and the perpetual 
exercise of God’s power seems 
less wonderful than its withdrawal 
would be.”

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“ If spring came but once in a century, 
instead of once a year, or burst forth 
with the sound of an earthquake, 
and not in silence, what wonder 
and expectation there would be in 
all hearts to behold the miraculous 
change! But now the silent 
succession suggests nothing but 
necessity. To most people only the 
cessation of the miracle would be 
miraculous and the perpetual 
exercise of God’s power seems 
less wonderful than its withdrawal 
would be.”

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow