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You may have to live in a crowd, but you do not have to live like it.

Henry Van Dyke

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Henry Van Dyke
Age: 80 †
Born: 1852
Born: November 10
Died: 1933
Died: April 10
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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!
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In warlike pomp, with banners flowing, The regiments of autumn stood: I saw their gold and scarlet glowing From every hillside, every wood.
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Heaven is blest with perfect rest, but the blessing of Earth is toil.
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The more keenly we are awake to the perils of life, the higher and grander is the possibility of being truly brave.
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