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They can only set free men free...
And there is no need of that:
Free men set themselves free.

— James Oppenheim Songs for the New Age (1914)

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Man's the bad child of the universe.

War and Laughter (1916)

We age inevitably:
The old joys fade and are gone:
And at last comes equanimity and the flame burning clear.

War and Laughter (1916)

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance;
The wise grows it under his feet.

War and Laughter (1916)

Would you end war?
Create great Peace.

War and Laughter (1916)

Hadn't he been blowing kisses to Earth millions of years before I was born?

War and Laughter (1916)

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