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There’s life alone in duty done, And rest alone in striving.

There’s life alone in duty done, And rest alone in striving.

Approximate author period: c. 1807 AD · industrial

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Author or tradition
John G. Whittier
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Approximate author period: c. 1807 AD · industrial
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Thoughts: Selected from the writings of favorite authors (1901) (1901 AD)

Complete signed selection 13; printed byline: Whittier; New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1901

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