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01Undated

I built a chimney for a comrade old, I did the service not for hope or hire, And then I traveled on in winters cold; Yet all the day I glowed before the fire.

Edwin Markham / quote

02Undated

Come, let us live the poetry we sing.

Edwin Markham / quote

03In print by 1911 AD

The crest and crowning of all good, Life's final star, is Brotherhood; For it will bring again to Earth Her long-lost Poesy and Mirth; Will send new light on every face, A kingly power upon the race, And till it comes, we men are slaves, And travel downward to the dust of graves. Come clear the way, then, clear the way; Blind creeds and kings have had their day, Our hope is in the aftermath— Our hope is in heroic men, Star-led to build the world again. To this event the ages ran; Make way for Brotherhood—make way for Man.

Edwin Markham / quote

04In print by 1911 AD

For each true deed is worship; it is prayer, And carries its own answer unaware. Yes, they whose feet upon good errands run Are friends of God, with Michael of the sun; Yes, each accomplished service of the day Paves for the feet of God a lordlier way. The souls that love and labor through all wrong, They clasp His hand and make the Circle strong; They lay the deep foundation stone by stone, And build into Eternity God's throne!

Edwin Markham / quote

05Undated

He drew a circle that shut me out-Heretic , rebel, a thing to flout.But love and I had the wit to win:We drew a circle and took him In !From the poem " Outwitted

Edwin Markham / quote

06Undated

Fight ever on: this earthly stuff If used God’s way will be enough. Face to the firing line o friendFight out life’s battle to the end. One soldier, when the fight was red,Threw down his broken sword and fled.Another snatched it, won the day, With what his comrade flung away.

Edwin Markham / quote

07Undated

He fed his spirit with the bread of books

Edwin Markham / quote

08Undated

The crest and crowning of all good Life's final star is Brotherhood.

Edwin Markham / quote

09Undated

Choices are the hinges of destiny.

Edwin Markham / quote

10Undated

Whoever falls from God's right hand is caught into His left.

Edwin Markham / quote

11Undated

We have committed the Golden Rule to memory let us now commit it to life.

Edwin Markham / quote

12Undated

Oft when the white still dawn lifted the skies and pushed the hills apart I have felt it like a glory in my heart.

Edwin Markham / quote

13Undated

Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.

Edwin Markham / quote

14Undated

It is doubtless true that men are bad because they are unhappy. If anyone could give them real happiness, the happiness of brotherhood, they would all want to live the true and brotherly life.

Edwin Markham / quote

15Undated

It is better to rust out than wear out.

Edwin Markham / quote

16Undated

There is a destiny which makes us brothers none goes his way alone. All that we send into the lives of others comes back into our own.

Edwin Markham / quote