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...the key to its making : mankind is not going back but forward, and what has been shall be. For — 1 Not by eastern windows only, When daylight comes,...the light ; In front the sun climbs slow, how slowly 1 But westward, look, the land is bright ! ' AKT. X. — Recueil des Traites et Conventions conclus... | |
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...no tedious inch to gain, Far back thro' creek and inlets making Comes, silent flooding in, the main. And not by Eastern windows only, When daylight comes, comes in the light; In front the sun climbs slowly, how slowly, And Westward, look, the land is bright ! BIBLE ILLUSTRATIONS.— CHAP. II. WE take... | |
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...painful inch to gain, Far back, through creeks and inlets making, Comes silent, flooding in, the main. And not by eastern windows only, When daylight comes,...climbs slow, how slowly, But westward look, the land is light." AH CLODGH. LATE in the afternoon of a sunny August day two pedestrians might have been seen... | |
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