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"Weary lawyers with endless tongues."
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John Greenleaf Whittier was an American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. Frequently listed as one of the fireside poets, he was influenced by the Scottish poet Robert Burns. Whittier is remembered particularly for his anti-slavery writings, as well as his 1866 book Snow-Bound.
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"Press bravely onward! — not in vain Your generous trust in human kind; The good which bloodshed could not gain Your peaceful zeal shall find."
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"The Night is Mother of the Day, The Winter of the Spring, And ever upon old Decay The greenest mosses cling."
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"Somehow not only for Christmas But all the long year through, The joy that you give to others Is the joy that comes back to you. And the more you spend in blessing The poor and lonely and sad, The more of your hearts possessing Returns to make you glad."
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"Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your countrys flag," she said."
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"To eat the lotus of the Nile And drink the poppies of Cathay."
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