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“We bear it calmly, though a ponderous woe, And still adore the hand that gives the blow.”
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- quote
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- 2026-07-04
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- e87b5ac4d9ce48e147614da347fd31b33ed6cf69843cd605a724a3d7a881a93f
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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