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O holy trust! O endless sense of rest!
Like the beloved John
To lay his head upon the Saviour's breast,
And thus to journey on!

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Seaside and the Fireside (1850)

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We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.

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They are dead; but they live in each Patriot's breast,
And their names are engraven on honor's bright crest.

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Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.

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Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.

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