Henry Wadsworth Longfellow on Character
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“A tender heart; a will inflexible.”
“In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.”
“Sensitive, swift to resent, but as swift in atoning for error.”
“So mild, so merciful, so strong, so good, So patient, peaceful, loyal, loving, pure.”
“Not in the clamor of the crowded street, Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, But in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.”