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... So nigh is grandeur to our dust , So near is God to man , When duty whispers low , ' Thou must , ' The youth replies , " I can . ' " R. W. EMERSON . THERE is no weather , however bright , on which the Greyfriars ' churchyard in ...
... So nigh is grandeur to our dust , So near is God to man , When duty whispers low , ' Thou must , ' The youth replies , " I can . ' " R. W. EMERSON . THERE is no weather , however bright , on which the Greyfriars ' churchyard in ...
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