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— Ellen Swallow Richards"We never can tell how our lives may work to the account of the general good, and we are not wise enough to know if we have fulfilled our mission or not."
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What small account The All-living seems to take of this thin flame Which we call life. He sends a moment's blast Out of war's nostrils, and a myriad Of these our puny tapers are blown out Forever.
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