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Life's battle is a conquest for the strong The meaning shows in the defeated thing.
John Masefield
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John Masefield
Age: 88 †
Born: 1878
Born: June 1
Died: 1967
Died: May 12
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County of Herefordshire
John Edward Masefield
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All I ask is a tall ship and a star to sail her by.
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Each one could be a Jesus mild, Each one has been a little child, A little child with laughing look, A lovely white unwritten book A book that God will take, my friend, As each goes out at journey's end.
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To most of us the future seems unsure. But then it always has been and we who have seen great changes must have great hopes.
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