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Edwin Markham [1852-1940] American

Rank: 104
Poet

Edwin Markham was an American poet. From 1923 to 1931 he was Poet Laureate of Oregon.

Quote	Tags	Rank
The crest and crowning of all good, Life's final star, is brotherhood.	Good, Life	101
Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.	Failure	102
Oft when the white, still dawn lifted the skies and pushed the hills apart, I have felt it like a glory in my heart.		103
It is better to rust out than wear out.	Wisdom	104
For all your days be prepared, and meet them ever alike. When you are the anvil, bear - when you are the hammer, strike.		105
There is a destiny which makes us brothers; none goes his way alone. All that we send into the lives of others comes back into our own.	Alone	106
To throw oneself to the side of the oppressed is the only dignified thing to do in life.		107
Ah, great it is to believe the dream as we stand in youth by the starry stream; but a greater thing is to fight life through and say at the end, the dream is true!		108
We have committed the Golden Rule to memory; let us now commit it to life.		109
Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, the emptiness of ages in his face, and on his back the burden of the world.		110
The thing that is incredible is life itself. Why should we be here in this sun-illuminated universe? Why should there be green earth under our feet?		111

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