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“From toil he wins his spirits light, From busy day the peaceful night; Rich, from the very want of wealth, In heaven's best treasures, peace and health.”
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- Book
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 19016ce4fbe0461cc5ed70fd0c50d4e5b111ed31c6fba4e705a5fa24017d51e6
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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