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Every thought and every act were to keep this home in tact.

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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
Every
Tact
December
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I'll obey them in the winter when the doctors say to me I must give up ham and spinach, and obedient I'll be. To relieve my indigestion in December they can try, But there's none of them can stop me when it's time for cherry pie.
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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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There's no diet list I'll follow that would rule out cherry pie.
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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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Stick to the fight whenyoure hardest hit
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For to see good put in action is what everybody needs.
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I take the family shopping round. The markets of the world.
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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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Be a friend. You don't need glory. Friendship is a simple story.
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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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Columbus dreamed of an unknown shore at the rim of a far flung sky.
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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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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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Don't give up, what've you do eyes front, head high to the finish. See it through!
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You'll be richer in the end than a prince, if you're a friend.
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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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The world is no longer closed to us in the way it was in the past - present generations have unparalleled access to pretty much all corners of the globe.
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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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Love has the patience to endure the fault it sees but cannot cure.
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You are the person who has to decide. Whether you'll do it or toss it aside.
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