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The timid and fearful first failures dismay, but the stout heart stays trying by night and by day. He values his failures as lessons that teach The one way to get to the goal he would reach.

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
Trying
Teach
Stout
Way
Goal
Timid
Would
Values
Stays
Inspirational
Failures
Night
Fearful
Firsts
Lessons
First
Reach
Heart
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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.
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Lord, this humble house we'd keep Sweet with play and calm with sleep. Help us so that we may give Beauty to the lives we live. Let Thy love and let Thy grace Shine upon our dwelling place.
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