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I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day I'd rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way.

Edgar Guest

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Edgar Guest
Age: 77 †
Born: 1881
Born: August 20
Died: 1959
Died: August 5
Poet
Birmingham
West Midlands
Eddie Guest
Edgar A. Guest
Edgar Albert Guest
Rather
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Sermon
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Way
Merely
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I take the family shopping round. The markets of the world.
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I have to live with myself and so, I want to be fit for myself to know.
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Every thought and every act were to keep this home in tact.
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Now seeds are just dimes to the man in the store And the dimes are the things that he needs, And I've been to buy them in seasons before But have thought of them merely as seeds But it flashed through my mind as I took them this time, You purchased a miracle here for a dime.
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For to see good put in action is what everybody needs.
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Love has the patience to endure the fault it sees but cannot cure.
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He started to sing as he tackled the thing. That couldn't be done, and he did it.
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Don't give up, what've you do eyes front, head high to the finish. See it through!
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Stick to the fight whenyoure hardest hit
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There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done, there are thousands to prophesy failure. There are thousands to point out to you, one by one, the dangers that await to assail you. But just buckle in with a bit of a grin, just take off your coat and go to it just start to sing as you tackle the thing that cannot be done, and you'll do it.
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Columbus dreamed of an unknown shore at the rim of a far flung sky.
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Somebody scoffed, Oh, you'll never to that - At least no one ever has done it But he took off his coat and he took off his hat, And the first thing we knew, he'd begun it.
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You ought to be true for the sake of the folks who think you are true. You never should stoop to a deed that your folks think you would not do. If you are false to yourself, be the blemish but small, you have injured your folks you have been false to them all.
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Be a friend. You don't need glory. Friendship is a simple story.
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There's no diet list I'll follow that would rule out cherry pie.
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Fine counsel is confusing, but example is always clear
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The things are mighty few on earth that wishes can attain. Whate'er we want of any worth, we've got to work to gain.
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So long as men shall be on earth, there will be tasks for them to do. Some way for them to show their worth. Each day shall bring its problems new. And men shall dream of mightier deeds than ever have been done before. There always shall be human needs for men to work and struggle for.
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The things that haven't been done before, Are the tasks worthwhile today Are you one of the flock that follows, or Are you one that shall lead the way? Are you one of the timid souls that quail At the jeers of a doubting crew, Or dare you, whether you win or fail, Strike out for a goal that's new?
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But here in the struggle for fame and pelf I want to be able to like myself. I don't want to look at myself and know That I'm bluster and buff and empty show.
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