"How many a thing which we cast to the ground, When others pick it up, becomes a gem!"
— George Meredith

January 1, 1970

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Original Language: English

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St. 41 — Compare: "Once in a golden hour / I cast to earth a seed. Up there came a flower, The people said, a weed", Alfred Tennyson, The Flower.