"Cruel and cold is the judgment of man, Cruel as winter, and cold as the snow; But by and by will the deed and the plan Be judged by the motive that lieth below."
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"By-and-By", st. 3. A. A. Hopkins (ed.) Waifs, and Their Authors (Boston: D. Lothrop and Co, 1879) p. 26
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Lewis J. Bates
Lewis J. Bates (September 21, 1832 – after 1879) was an American poet. Many of his poems were initially published anonymously in newspapers. He is represented by five entries in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922).
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