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“Plain living and high thinking are no more. The homely beauty of the good old cause Is gone; our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws.”
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- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 1e065a215a05e94f75dcdb5a7ab59f0dd968c9f85f3cb84fe5b297dd68c9d944
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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