O what is life, if we must hold it thus as wind-blown sparks hold momentary fire? Ada Cambridge More Quotes by Ada Cambridge More Quotes From Ada Cambridge Alone! Alone! No beacon, far or near! No chart, no compass, and no anchor stay! Ada Cambridge beacons compass anchors Let Justice, blind and halt and maimed, chastise the rebel spirit surging in my veins, let the Law deal me penalties and pains And make me hideous in my neighbours' eyes. Ada Cambridge pain eye law Have all the hopes of ages come to naught? Is life no more with noble meaning fraught? Ada Cambridge meaning more noble life