Wake in our breast the living fires, The holy faith that warmed our sires Thy hand hath made our nation free To die for her is serving Thee.
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Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing.Oliver Wendell Holmes
Yes, child of suffering, thou mayst well be sure He who ordained the Sabbath loves the poor.
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Good to the heels the well-worn slipper feels When the tired player shuffles off the buskin A page of Hood may do a fellow good After a scolding from Carlyle or Ruskin.
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Knowledge like timber shouldn't be mush use till they are seasoned.
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A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.
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His home the Western giant smiles, And twirls the spotty globe to find it This little speck, the British Isles 'T is but a freckle,never mind it.
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