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A sacred burden is this life ye bear, look on it, lift it, bear it solemnly, stand up and walk beneath it steadfastly; fail not for sorrow, falter not for sin, but onward, upward, till the goal ye win.
-Fanny Kemble
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A Sacred Burden Is This Life Ye

Fanny Kemble
A sacred burden is this life ye bear, look on it, lift it, bear it solemnly, stand up and walk beneath it steadfastly; fail not for sorrow, falter not for sin, but onward, upward, till the goal ye win.
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