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O brother man! fold to thy heart thy brother Where pity dwells, the peace of God is there To worship rightly is to love each other, Each smile a hymn, each kindly deed a prayer.

John Greenleaf Whittier

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John Greenleaf Whittier
Age: 84 †
Born: 1807
Born: December 17
Died: 1892
Died: September 7
Journalist
Lawyer
Poet
Writer
Haverhill
Massachusetts
Worship
Hymns
Brother
Kindly
Prayer
Folds
Peace
Rightly
Heart
Deed
Hymn
Men
Pity
Quaker
Love
Deeds
Dwells
Smile
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