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Work and Worth in a Quiet Life
A reflective verse piece contrasts idle pleasure with purposeful toil. It argues that all must work with mind or hand to sustain life and society, urging self discipline and steady effort over smug ease. It envisions virtue in persistent labor and warns of wasted effort if one shirks duty.
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NEW York & Bostor
Trary & Gaver
New York
AG. Williams
Leo Loeids
Paris
Eiross
Daily Pilot
Westat Ballido
Doory
Edice
Thay
Rada American Monthly Magazine
Bryant
Cooper
Paulding
Dana
Longfellow
Hoffman
Neal
Muncur
Graham's
United States
Blackwood
Literatua
Graham
Murope
Noma Fing
Lal
Tikes Sen
Kierters
Jhantes Pemmerg
Ceer Her
V.C. Bryant
James J. Pi ‘Aluing
Rou Dana
EL W
Lene Achborne
Dc. Iveal
Ef Bewell
Ciarles Bone
Pucker
Trond
Hogy
Ana 8
Noahs
Tony
Frau Quest Elon
Ouramar
Peel
Stephens
Messrs. R., W. & EH
Welch
Walter
G. Parker
Sartain
America