Sunday, May 6, 2001

Quiet Work Comments

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One lesson, Nature, let me learn of thee,
One lesson which in every wind is blown,
One lesson of two duties kept at one
Though the loud world proclaim their enmity--
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Matthew Arnold
Duties
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shatarupa 12 January 2020

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Susan Williams 08 January 2016

He longs for the world of 'nature', 'Unsever'd from tranquility', its glorious tasks In silence perfecting'. He totally believed that nature could teach people to find the way how to live and leave our vain turmoil behind.

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Matthew Arnold

Matthew Arnold

Middlesex / England
Matthew Arnold
Matthew Arnold
Middlesex / England
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