Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul,
As the swift seasons roll!
Leave thy low-vaulted past!

Oliver Wendell Holmes

The Chambered Nautilus

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Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr. "The Chambered Nautilus." The Atlantic Monthly. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, Feb. 1858, st. 5.

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A quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes about self-improvement: “Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift…”

A quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes about self-improvement: “Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift…”

A quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes about self-improvement: “Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift…”