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VIRTUE OF COMMON THINGS.
Let’s not despise just common things,
For here’s a truth there is no dodging:
The bird that soars on proudest wings
Comes down to earth for board and lodging.— Nixon Waterman, in National Magazine.
The Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) Nov 16, 1901
Tags: 1901, Nixon Waterman, Poetry
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