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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the richest source that nature can offer.

Sublime upon sublime scarcely presents a contrast, and we need a little rest from everything, even the beautiful.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone.