Look up and not down, look forward and not back, look out and not in, and lend a hand!

— Edward Everett Hale Ten Times One is Ten (1870)

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As used in Our New Crusade (1884) | Look up and not down; Look forward and not back; Look out and not in; — Lend a hand! | Handwritten version published in an 1917 edition

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of "the Four Mottos"

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