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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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It takes a heap o' livin' in a house t' make it home
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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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Somebody said that it couldn't be done But he with a chuckle replied That maybe it couldn't, but he would be one Who wouldn't say so till he tried. So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin On his face. If he worried he hid it. He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn't be done, and he did it.
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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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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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Every thought and every act were to keep this home in tact.
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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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He started to sing as he tackled the thing. That couldn't be done, and he did it.
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Fine counsel is confusing, but example is always clear
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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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Let me be a little kinder, Let me be a little blinder to the faults of those around me.
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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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You'll be richer in the end than a prince, if you're a friend.
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