I have not lacked in strength,
Nor will, nor courage.
(Rita Matlock Gruenberg)
More Quotes from Edgar Lee Masters:
Do you think that the Battle Hymn of the RepublicWould have been heard if the chattel slave
Had crowned the dominant dollar,
In spite of Whitney's cotton gin,
And steam and rolling mills and iron
And telegraphs and white free labor?
Edgar Lee Masters
And gates ajar -- yes, so they were;
You left them open and stray goats entered your garden.
Edgar Lee Masters
Their spirits beat upon mine
Like the wings of a thousand butterflies.
Edgar Lee Masters
I went up and down the streets
Here and there by day and night,
Through all hours of the night caring for the poor who were sick.
Edgar Lee Masters
Those who first oppose a good work, seize it and make it their own, when the cornerstone is laid and memorial tablets are erected.
Edgar Lee Masters
Life all around me here in the village:
Tragedy, comedy, valor and truth,
Courage, constancy, heroism, failure--
All in the loom, and oh what patterns!
Edgar Lee Masters
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