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So nigh is graindeur to our dust, So near is God to man. When Duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can.
So nigh is graindeur to our dust, So near is God to man. When Duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can.
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- Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)
Printed page 207 · quotation 19 · Emerson · Voluntaries. St. 3. L. 13.
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