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The world is full of warfare 'twixt the evil and the goodI watched the battle from afar as one who understoodThe shouting and confusion, the bloody, blundering fight-How few there are that see it clear, how few that wage it right!

Henry Van Dyke

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Henry Van Dyke
Age: 80 †
Born: 1852
Born: November 10
Died: 1933
Died: April 10
Diplomat
Poet
Writer
Germantown
Philadelphia
Full
Shouting
Clear
Wage
Fighting
Warfare
Evil
Bloody
Right
Watched
Good
Confusion
Blundering
World
Battle
Twixt
Fight
Afar

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