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Anyone can carry his burden however hard until nightfall. Anyone can do his work however hard for one day. Anyone can live sweetly patiently lovingly purely till the sun goes down. And this is all life really means.
Anyone can carry his burden however hard until nightfall. Anyone can do his work however hard for one day. Anyone can live sweetly patiently lovingly purely till the sun goes down. And this is all life really means.
Approximate historical placement: c. 1872 AD · industrial
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- Robert Louis Stevenson
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- Approximate historical placement: c. 1872 AD · industrial
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