Vessel Elements

Famous quotes containing the words vessel and/or elements:

    “Every day brings a ship,
    Every ship brings a word;
    Well for those who have no fear,
    Looking seaward well assured
    That the word the vessel brings
    Is the word they wish to hear.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “In spite of all their kind some elements of worth
    With difficulty persist here and there on earth.”
    —Hugh MacDiarmid (1892–1978)