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It seems as if heroes had done almost all for the world that they can do; and not much more can come until common men awake and take their common tasks. I believe the common man’s task is the hardest.
It seems as if heroes had done almost all for the world that they can do; and not much more can come until common men awake and take their common tasks. I believe the common man’s task is the hardest.
Approximate author period: c. 1864 AD · industrial
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- Phillips Brooks
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- Approximate author period: c. 1864 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period evidence for Phillips Brooks: life dates 1835 to 1893. Wikidata Q974734, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q974734 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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- Thoughts: Selected from the writings of favorite authors (1901) (1901 AD)
Complete signed selection 174; printed byline: Phillips Brooks; New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1901
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