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It takes a heap o' livin' in a house t' make it home

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Edgar Guest
Age: 77 †
Born: 1881
Born: August 20
Died: 1959
Died: August 5
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Birmingham
West Midlands
Eddie Guest
Edgar A. Guest
Edgar Albert Guest
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Stick to the fight whenyoure hardest hit
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A happy New Year! Grant that I May bring no tear to any eye When this New Year in time shall end Let it be said I've played the friend, Have lived and loved and labored here, And made of it a happy year.
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Columbus dreamed of an unknown shore at the rim of a far flung sky.
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Away from the tumult of motor and mill I want to be care-free I want to be still! I'm weary of doing things weary of words I want to be one with the blossoms and birds.
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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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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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He started to sing as he tackled the thing. That couldn't be done, and he did it.
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The lectures you deliver may be wise and true, But I'd rather get my lessons by observing what you do. I may not understand the high advise you like to give, But there's no misunderstanding how you act and how you live.
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Every thought and every act were to keep this home in tact.
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Let me be a little kinder, Let me be a little blinder to the faults of those around me.
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I want to be able, as days go by, always to look myself straight in the eye.
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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.
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Tomorrow--there's no day so fair, It knows no sorrow A day that banishes despair, Joy rules tomorrow.
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You'll be richer in the end than a prince, if you're a friend.
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The best of all the preachers are the men who live their creeds.
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For to see good put in action is what everybody needs.
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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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Love has the patience to endure the fault it sees but cannot cure.
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