No bird has ever uttered note that was not in some first bird's throat; since eden's freshness and man's fall no rose has been original.

Girdles and wire stays should have never been invented. no man wants to hug a padded bird cage.

The human bird shall take his first flight, filling the world with amazement, all writings with his fame, and bringing eternal glory to the nest whence he sprang.

And a bird who was on a crooked branch is suddenly gone without my even hearing him.