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A Fourth Of July Wish

by Edgar Albert Guest

Edgar Albert Guest

This is the day when we are great,
And sally forth to celebrate;
When night comes on, God grant that we
Have ears to hear and eyes to see.




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Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else.
• George Bernard Shaw


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