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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

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Mark (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) Twain. (1835–1910) (continued)

hundred and thirty-six different kinds of weather inside of twenty-four hours.

New England Weather (Speech at dinner of New England Society. New York, Dec. 22, 1876.)

7806

Probable nor’-east to sou’-west winds, varying to the southard and westard and eastard and points between; high and low barometer, sweeping round from place to place; probable areas of rain, snow, hail, and drought, succeeded or preceded by earthquakes with thunder and lightning.

New England Weather (Speech at dinner of New England Society. New York, Dec. 22, 1876.)

Alfred Austin. (1835–1913)

7807

Is life worth living? Yes, so long
As there is wrong to right.

Is Life worth living.

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    So long as faith with freedom reigns
  And loyal hope survives,
And gracious charity remains
  To leaven lowly lives;
While there is one untrodden tract
  For intellect or will,
And men are free to think and act,
  Life is worth living still.

Is Life worth living.

Harriet Prescott Spofford. (1835– ?)

7809

The awful phantom of the hungry poor.

Sonnet. A Winter’s Night.

7810

    Ah, happy world, where all things live
  Creatures of one great law, indeed;
Bound by strong roots, the splendid flower,—
  Swept by great seas, the drifting seed!

The Story of the Flower.

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