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When Christ came into my life, I came about like a well-handled ship.
Robert Louis Stevenson
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Age: 44 †
Born: 1850
Born: November 13
Died: 1894
Died: December 3
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Sing a song of seasons something bright in all, flowers in the summer, fires in the fall.
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If he be Mr. Hyde he had thought, I shall be Mr. Seek.
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Seaward ho! Hang the treasure! It's the glory of the sea that has turned my head.
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And this shall be for music when no one else is near, The fine song for singing, the rare song to hear! That only I remember, that only you admire, Of the broad road that stretches and the roadside fire.
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A birdie with a yellow bill Hoped upon the window sill, Cocked his shining eye and said: 'Ain't you 'shamed, you sleepy-'ead?
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A man should stop his ears against paralyzing terror and run the race that is set before him with a single mind.
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For God's sake give me the young man who has brains enough to make a fool of himself!
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Sit loosely in the saddle.
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To believe in immortality is one thing, but it is first needful to believe in life.
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