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E. H. Chapin Quote

“Objects close to the eye shut out much larger objects on the horizon; and splendors born only of the earth eclipse the stars. So a man sometimes covers up the entire disk of eternity with a dollar, and quenches transcendent glories with a little shining dust.”

— E. H. Chapin

Source: Three Thousand Selected Quotations from Brilliant Writers — Wikisource

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