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First Freedom, and then Glory — when that fails,
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There are some knaves besides; nor is it only mine that fails,
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
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Africans of the ABC's: Abstain Be Faithful and, if all else fails,
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But groutin 'ain't no kin' o 'use; an' ef the fust throw fails,
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 Various
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QUOTATION: Where wealth and freedom reign contentment fails,
Quotations 1919
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There are some knaves besides; nor is it only mine that fails,
Themistocles Plutarch 1909
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The planting of perfect seed in soil that feeds and fails,
Toward the Gulf Edgar Lee Masters 1909
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Where there is no pupil to the eye, the light fails,
The Makers and Teachers of Judaism Charles Foster Kent 1896
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But groutin 'ain't no kin' o 'use; an' ef the fust throw fails,
The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell 1855
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FROM the heart of Waumbek Methna, from the lake that never fails,
Narrative and Legendary Poems, Complete Volume I., the Works of Whittier John Greenleaf Whittier 1849
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