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John Greenleaf Whittier

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An American Quaker poet and forceful advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States.. American poet


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Quote Left Of all sad words of tongue and pen the saddest are these, what might have been. Quote Right
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Quote Left 'I'm sorry that I spelt the word: I hate to go above you,... Quote Right
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Quote Left These Flemish pictures of old days; Sit with me by the homestead hearth,... Quote Right
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Quote Left All else is gone; from those great eyes The soul has fled:... Quote Right
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Quote Left How dwarfed against his manliness she sees the poor pretension, the wants, the aims, the follies, born of fashion and convention! Quote Right
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Book: Reflection on the Important Things