Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing.

Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were

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This quote suggests that the speaker and their peers were fortunate enough to experience a significant and transformative event during their youth that ignited a strong zeal within them. This experience allowed them to recognize that life is a deep and fervent experience full of meaning and emotions. It implies that this early encounter with intensity and passion set them on a path of living life to the fullest and cherishing its profound essence.

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