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“Thousands at his bidding speed, And post o'er land and ocean without rest; They also serve who only stand and wait.”
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- Source:
- On his Blindness.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 374e3fd1613ff5bec0ad428abdc85f6127660d0b603954538cad51c3ba77a203
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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