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I have heard men talk about the blessings of freedom, he said to himself, but I wish any wise man would teach me what use to make of it now that I have it.

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Walter Scott
Age: 61 †
Born: 1771
Born: August 15
Died: 1832
Died: September 21
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Come forth, old man,--thy daughter's side Is now the fitting place for thee: When time has quell'd the oak's bold pride, The youthful tendril yet may hide, The ruins of the parent tree.
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I cannot tell how the truth may be I say the tale as it was said to me.
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Though varying wishes, hopes, and fears, Fever'd the progress of these years, Yet now, days, weeks, and months but seem The recollection of a dream.
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Saint George and the Dragon!-Bonny Saint George for Merry England!-The castle is won!
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Teach you children poetry it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom and makes the heroic virtues hereditary.
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My hope, my heaven, my trust must be, My gentle guide, in following thee.
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