"The successful pioneer is the man who never spared others; the forgotten pioneer is the man who never spared himself, but, being a fool, built houses for wise men to live in, and omitted to gather moss. The former is the early bird; the latter is the early worm."
Joseph Furphy

January 1, 1970

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Such Is Life (1903), Ch. 3

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