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A word that has been said may be unsaid: it is but air. But when a deed is done, it cannot be undone, nor can our thoughts reach out to all the mischiefs that may follow.
A word that has been said may be unsaid: it is but air. But when a deed is done, it cannot be undone, nor can our thoughts reach out to all the mischiefs that may follow.
Approximate author period: c. 1844 AD · industrial
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- Author or tradition
- Henry W. Longfellow
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- Approximate author period: c. 1844 AD · industrial
author lifetime midpoint (1807–1882)
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- Pearls of Thought (1881) (1881 AD)
Page 60 · printed citation: Longfellow · subject: Deeds
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