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    “You have sat too long for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!”
    —Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658)

    “the hatchlings wake in the swaying branches,
    in the silver baskets,
    and love the world.
    Is it necessary to say any more?
    Have you heard them singing in the wind, above the final fields?
    Have you ever been so happy in your life?”
    —Mary Oliver (b. 1935)

    “No man rises so high as he knows not whither he goes.”
    —Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658)

    “The trouble with Nixon is that he’s a serious politics junkie. He’s totally hooked ... and like any other junkie, he’s a bummer to have around: especially as President.”
    —Hunter S. Thompson (b. 1939)