"Why were all these salutes fired, the world over? Why was every capital illuminated? Why was there a holiday given to every school ? Halfholidays had been the universal custom for years before. It was simply, you see, that a tenth part of the people in the world had shown in some way worth belief that they meant β To look up and not down, To look forward and not back, To look out and not in, β and To lend a hand."
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Edward Everett Hale
Edward Everett Hale (3 April 1822 β 10 June 1909) was an American author and Unitarian clergyman.
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