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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes: The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service.
         

The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service.


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The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service.
         



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