He follows his father, but not with equal steps.
Original text (Latin)
Original text (Latin)
Toil conquered the world, unrelenting toil, and want that pinches when life is hard.
No stranger to trouble myself I am learning to care for the unhappy.
If we could all pick our fathers there might be ten men on earth who would have families.
The fundamental defect of fathers is that they want their children to be a credit to them.
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
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