| James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899. | | | | T. T. Munger |
| | | Everything in nature is a puzzle until it finds its solution in man, who solves it in some way with God, and so completes the circle of creation. | 1 |
| Man only can create music, for nothing is perfect until, in some way, it touches or passes through man. | 2 |
| Nothing is perfect until, in some way, it touches or passes through man. | 3 | | |
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