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Silence is a great peacemaker.
Silence is a great peacemaker.
Approximate author period: c. 1844 AD · industrial
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- Henry W. Longfellow
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- Approximate author period: c. 1844 AD · industrial
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- Thoughts: Selected from the writings of favorite authors (1901) (1901 AD)
Complete signed selection 193; printed byline: Longfellow; New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1901
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