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 This restless world
 Is full of chances, which by habit's power
  To learn to bear is easier read more 
 This restless world
 Is full of chances, which by habit's power
  To learn to bear is easier than to shun. 
The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.
The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.
What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the world.
What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the world.
 'Tis a very good world we live in
 To spend, and to lend, and to give in;
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 'Tis a very good world we live in
 To spend, and to lend, and to give in;
  But to beg, or to borrow, or ask for our own;
   'Tis the very worst world that ever was known. 
The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.
The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.
We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who read more
The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
Physicists and astronomers see their own implications in the world being round, but to me it means that only one-third read more
Physicists and astronomers see their own implications in the world being round, but to me it means that only one-third of the world is asleep at any given time and the other two-thirds is up to something.
 The wide world is all before us--
 But a world without a friend.  
 The wide world is all before us--
 But a world without a friend.