If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

He will put some things behind, will pass an invisible boundary; new, universal, and more liberal laws will begin to establish themselves around and within him; or the old laws be expanded, and interpreted in his favor in a more liberal sense, and he will live with the license of a higher order of beings. In proportion as he simplifies his life, the laws of the universe will appear less complex, and solitude will not be solitude, nor poverty poverty, nor weakness weakness.

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

– Henry David Thoreau

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Beautifully restored map of Puerto Rico from 1886

Mapa Topografico De La Isla De Puerto Rico

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Historic old map of White Plains, New York from 1887

Historic bird’s eye view of White Plains, New York from 1887

Beautifully detailed map of Medway, Massachusetts from 1887

Bird’s eye view of Medway, Massachusetts from 1887

Beautifully restored map of Blackstone, MA from 1879

Historic old map of Blackstone, Massachusetts from 1879

Detailed bird’s eye view of Alma, Michigan in 1885

Historic bird’s eye view of Alma, Michigan in 1885

Serve God in your daily life

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