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For of all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these: “It might have been!”

John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892) American poet and abolitionist
“Maud Muller” (1856)
 
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Search thine own heart. What paineth thee
In others in thyself may be.

John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892) American poet and abolitionist
“The Chapel of Hermits,” l. 85 (1851)
 
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And step by step, since time began,
I see the steady gain of man.

John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892) American poet and abolitionist
“The Chapel of the Hermits” (1851)
 
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But, by all thy nature’s weakness,
Hidden faults and follies known,
Be thou, in rebuking evil,
Conscious of thine own.

John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892) American poet and abolitionist
“What the Voice Said,” st. 15, ll. 57-60 (1847)
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A little smile, a word of cheer,
A bit of love from someone near,
A little gift from one held dear,
Best wishes for the coming year–
These make a Merry Christmas!

John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892) American poet and abolitionist
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