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ABOUT PEOPLE.

strength, not in endeavoring to arrange human society according to the latest invention patented by the latest philanthropist, but by trying to do whatever duty lies nearest, while waiting for the glory of the heavens to solve its puzzles and fill the soul with abiding convictions. Such effort takes in silence the very humblest services that the universe puts within its frail hands, and finds, — it may be happiness, it is contentment, in fulfilling responsibility and duty, which lead to the happy freedom of being an average person.

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