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Quotes from Prayer — Stephen Vincent Benét

1898–1943 United States

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4 quotes

The spirit of man has awakened and the soul of man has gone forth. Grant us the wisdom and the vision to comprehend the greatness of man's spirit, that suffers and endures so hugely for a goal beyond his own brief span.

Prayer (1942)

God of the free, we pledge our hearts and lives today to the cause of all free mankind.
Grant us victory over the tyrants who would enslave all free men and nations.

Prayer (1942)

Yet most of all grant us brotherhood, not only for this day but for all our years — a brotherhood not of words but of acts and deeds. We are all of us children of earth — grant us that simple knowledge.

Prayer (1942)

Our earth is but a small star in the great universe. Yet of it we can make, if we choose, a planet unvexed by war, untroubled by hunger or fear, undivided by senseless distinctions of race, color or theory.

Prayer (1942)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Stephen Vincent Benét (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.