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The bravest battle that ever was fought;
Shall I tell you where and when?
On the maps of the world you will find it not;
It was fought by the mothers of men.

— Joaquin Miller

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God can find a soul of beauty
Where it falls, as gems of worth
Are found by miners dark in earth.

Shadows of Shasta (1881)

That man who lives for self alone
Lives for the meanest mortal known.

The Building of the City Beautiful (1905)

The soul that feeds on books alone —
I count that soul exceeding small
That lives alone by book and creed,—
A soul that has not learned to read.

In Classic Shades, and Other Poems (1890)

Each gives to each, and like the star
Gets back its gift in tenfold pay.

The Building of the City Beautiful (1905)

This creature comes from out the dim
Far centuries, beyond the rim
Of time's remotest reach or stir.

The Ship in the Desert (1875)

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Mother and poetess do not rhyme, but they go together rather well.

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