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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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American poet and educator Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is one of the greatest poets in American history. Born in Portland, Maine, He became professor of Modern Languages in Harvard University; wrote "Hyperion," a romance in prose, and a succession of poems as well as lyrics, among the former "Evangeline," "The Golden Legend," "Hiawatha," and "Miles Standish"


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Quote Left If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility Quote Right
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Quote Left Enjoy the Spring of Love and Youth, to some good angel leave the rest; For Time will teach thee soon the truth, there are no birds in last year's nest! Quote Right
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Quote Left T trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at t beginning if it is to be stopped at all Quote Right
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Quote Left The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night. Quote Right
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Quote Left Age is opportunity no less than youth itself. Quote Right
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