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1803–1882

CARITAS

Ralph Waldo Emerson

In the suburb, in the town, On the railway, in the square, Came a beam of goodness down Doubling daylight everywhere:

Peace now each for malice takes, Beauty for his sinful weeds, For the angel Hope aye makes Him an angel whom she leads.

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