"I wish I was more cheerful, it is more pleasant, Also it is a duty, we should smile as well as submitting To the purpose of One Above who is experimenting With various mixtures of human character which goes best, All is interesting for him it is exciting, but not for us. There I go again. Smile, smile, and get some work to do Then you will be practically unconscious without positively having to go."
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Stevie Smith
Stevie Smith (born Florence Margaret Smith; 20 September 1902 – 7 March 1971) was an English poet and novelist.
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