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“Small service is true service while it lasts. Of humblest friends, bright creature! scorn not one: The daisy, by the shadow that it casts, Protects the lingering dewdrop from the sun.”
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- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
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- 4c68e5647981d89ced20b076701c085baaec67b751f656c7298ac34205e0c814
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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