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Edwin Markham

"Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, the emptiness of ages in his face, and on his back the burden of the world."

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"Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, the emptiness of ages in his face, and on his back the burden of the world."

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"Your burdens are perfectly measured and gifted to you according to your resistance."

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"I think there have been some periods when the writing almost became a bit of a burden."

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"Each generation should be made to bear the burden of its own wars, instead of carrying them on, at the expense of other generations."

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"We must have a relentless commitment to producing a meaningful, comprehensive energy package aimed at conservation, alleviating the burden of energy prices on consumers, decreasing our country's dependency on foreign oil, and increasing electricity grid reliability."

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"Those who commit injustice bear the greatest burden."

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"Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly and ignorant superstition."

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"The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest."

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"If it is a relief to take your clothes off at night, be sure that something is wrong. Clothes should not be a burden. They should be a comfort and a protection."

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"Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated."

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"We can easily manage if we will only take, each day, the burden appointed to it. But the load will be too heavy for us if we carry yesterday's burden over again today, and then add the burden of the morrow before we are required to bear it."

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"Oft when the white, still dawn lifted the skies and pushed the hills apart, I have felt it like a glory in my heart."
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"A good action is never lost; it is a treasure laid up and guarded for the doer's need."
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"The crest and crowning of all good, life's final star, is Brotherhood."
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"We have committed the Golden Rule to memory; let us now commit it to life."
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"There is a destiny which makes us brothers; none goes his way alone. All that we send into the lives of others comes back into our own."
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"Ah, great it is to believe the dream as we stand in youth by the starry stream; but a greater thing is to fight life through and say at the end, the dream is true!"
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"The thing that is incredible is life itself. Why should we be here in this sun-illuminated universe? Why should there be green earth under our feet?"
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"Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, the emptiness of ages in his face, and on his back the burden of the world."
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