"You never can tell when you do an act Just what the result will be; But with every deed you are sowing a seed, Though the harvest you may not see. Each kindly act is an acorn dropped In God's productive soil; You may not know, yet the tree shall grow And shelter the brows that toil.You never can tell what your thoughts will do In bringing you hate or love; For thoughts are things, and their airy wings Are swifter than carrier doves. They follow the law of the universe β Each thing must create its kind; And they speed o'er the track to bring you back Whatever went out from your mind."
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19th-century poets from the United StatesWomen activists from the United StatesAnimal rights activistsVeganism activistsPeople from Wisconsin
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You Never Can Tell (1895).
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (5 November 1850 β 30 October 1919) was an American poet.
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