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There are hermit souls that live withdrawn :In the place of their self-content; There are souls like stars that dwell apart, :In a fellowless firmament; There are pioneer souls that blaze their paths :Where highways never ran,— But let me live by the side of the road, :And be a friend to man.
There are hermit souls that live withdrawn :In the place of their self-content; There are souls like stars that dwell apart, :In a fellowless firmament; There are pioneer souls that blaze their paths :Where highways never ran,— But let me live by the side of the road, :And be a friend to man.
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- Sam Walter Foss (identity unresolved)
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- Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)
Printed page 379 · quotation 6 · Sam Walter Foss · House by the Side of the Road.
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