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But I can never love an echo, and you are an echo An echo is often more beautiful than the voice it repeats," he said But if the voice is quite ugly the echo cannot be beautiful," she answered.— The Green Carnation
Now it is a sentiment without an echo, and last year a valued personal friend of mine, in an eloquent oration, a noble tribute to the memory of our great captain, a discourse full of the glory of the past, the wisdom of the present, the hope of the future, rebuked the sentiment as idle in its despair.— The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915
And they add the words which all but those who make profit out of war will heartily echo and re-echo, "Ainsi soit il CHAPTER V.--NEARLY A SUICIDE An important change took place in the management of the barracks at Norman Cross a few months after the event narrated in the preceding chapter.— The French Prisoners of Norman Cross A Tale
The sound was disconnected from its echo, the kick was severed from the recalcitration, the '_Take you this!_' was unlinked from the '_And take you that!_' Vengeance was defeated, and sympathy dissolved into the air.— The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1
The King Moose stands at bay With the last echo, the challenge is flung again.— The Heart of Unaga

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