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Laddie: A True Blue Story
Laddie: A True Blue Story

Chapter XIV · Chapter 14

Chapter 14 of Laddie: A True Blue Story is here in full — 572 sentences across 115 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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The Crest of Eastbrooke "Sow;--and look onward, upward, Where the starry light appears,-- Where, in spite of coward's doubting, Or your own heart's trembling fears, You shall reap in joy the harvest You have sown to-day in tears."
"Any objections to my beginning to break ground on the west eighty to-day?" asked Laddie of father at breakfast Monday morning.
"I had thought we would commence on the east forty, when planning the work."
"So had I," said Laddie.
"But since I thought that, a very particular reason has developed for my beginning to plow the west eighty at once, and there is a charming little ditty I feel strongly impelled to whistle every step of the way."
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Laddie: A True Blue Story

Chapter XIV · Chapter 14

Chapter 14 of Laddie: A True Blue Story is here in full — 572 sentences across 115 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/114 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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The Crest of Eastbrooke "Sow;--and look onward, upward, Where the starry light appears,-- Where, in spite of coward's doubting, Or your own heart's trembling fears, You shall reap in joy the harvest You have sown to-day in tears."
Line 2
"Any objections to my beginning to break ground on the west eighty to-day?" asked Laddie of father at breakfast Monday morning.
Line 3
"I had thought we would commence on the east forty, when planning the work."
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"So had I," said Laddie.
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"But since I thought that, a very particular reason has developed for my beginning to plow the west eighty at once, and there is a charming little ditty I feel strongly impelled to whistle every step of the way."

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a

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From this reading "But since I thought that, a very particular reason has developed for my beginning to plow the west eighty at once, and there is a charming little ditty I feel strongly impelled to whistle every step of the way."

and

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From this reading The Crest of Eastbrooke "Sow;--and look onward, upward, Where the starry light appears,-- Where, in spite of coward's doubting, Or your own heart's trembling fears, You shall reap in joy the harvest You have sown to-day in tears."

Any

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From this reading "Any objections to my beginning to break ground on the west eighty to-day?" asked Laddie of father at breakfast Monday morning.

appears

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From this reading The Crest of Eastbrooke "Sow;--and look onward, upward, Where the starry light appears,-- Where, in spite of coward's doubting, Or your own heart's trembling fears, You shall reap in joy the harvest You have sown to-day in tears."

asked

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From this reading "Any objections to my beginning to break ground on the west eighty to-day?" asked Laddie of father at breakfast Monday morning.

at

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From this reading "Any objections to my beginning to break ground on the west eighty to-day?" asked Laddie of father at breakfast Monday morning.

beginning

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From this reading "Any objections to my beginning to break ground on the west eighty to-day?" asked Laddie of father at breakfast Monday morning.

break

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From this reading "Any objections to my beginning to break ground on the west eighty to-day?" asked Laddie of father at breakfast Monday morning.

breakfast

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From this reading "Any objections to my beginning to break ground on the west eighty to-day?" asked Laddie of father at breakfast Monday morning.

But

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From this reading "But since I thought that, a very particular reason has developed for my beginning to plow the west eighty at once, and there is a charming little ditty I feel strongly impelled to whistle every step of the way."

charming

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From this reading "But since I thought that, a very particular reason has developed for my beginning to plow the west eighty at once, and there is a charming little ditty I feel strongly impelled to whistle every step of the way."

commence

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From this reading "I had thought we would commence on the east forty, when planning the work."

coward's

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From this reading The Crest of Eastbrooke "Sow;--and look onward, upward, Where the starry light appears,-- Where, in spite of coward's doubting, Or your own heart's trembling fears, You shall reap in joy the harvest You have sown to-day in tears."

Crest

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From this reading The Crest of Eastbrooke "Sow;--and look onward, upward, Where the starry light appears,-- Where, in spite of coward's doubting, Or your own heart's trembling fears, You shall reap in joy the harvest You have sown to-day in tears."

developed

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From this reading "But since I thought that, a very particular reason has developed for my beginning to plow the west eighty at once, and there is a charming little ditty I feel strongly impelled to whistle every step of the way."

ditty

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From this reading "But since I thought that, a very particular reason has developed for my beginning to plow the west eighty at once, and there is a charming little ditty I feel strongly impelled to whistle every step of the way."

doubting

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From this reading The Crest of Eastbrooke "Sow;--and look onward, upward, Where the starry light appears,-- Where, in spite of coward's doubting, Or your own heart's trembling fears, You shall reap in joy the harvest You have sown to-day in tears."

east

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From this reading "I had thought we would commence on the east forty, when planning the work."

Eastbrooke

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From this reading The Crest of Eastbrooke "Sow;--and look onward, upward, Where the starry light appears,-- Where, in spite of coward's doubting, Or your own heart's trembling fears, You shall reap in joy the harvest You have sown to-day in tears."

eighty

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From this reading "Any objections to my beginning to break ground on the west eighty to-day?" asked Laddie of father at breakfast Monday morning.

every

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From this reading "But since I thought that, a very particular reason has developed for my beginning to plow the west eighty at once, and there is a charming little ditty I feel strongly impelled to whistle every step of the way."

father

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From this reading "Any objections to my beginning to break ground on the west eighty to-day?" asked Laddie of father at breakfast Monday morning.

fears

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From this reading The Crest of Eastbrooke "Sow;--and look onward, upward, Where the starry light appears,-- Where, in spite of coward's doubting, Or your own heart's trembling fears, You shall reap in joy the harvest You have sown to-day in tears."

feel

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From this reading "But since I thought that, a very particular reason has developed for my beginning to plow the west eighty at once, and there is a charming little ditty I feel strongly impelled to whistle every step of the way."

for

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From this reading "But since I thought that, a very particular reason has developed for my beginning to plow the west eighty at once, and there is a charming little ditty I feel strongly impelled to whistle every step of the way."

forty

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From this reading "I had thought we would commence on the east forty, when planning the work."

ground

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From this reading "Any objections to my beginning to break ground on the west eighty to-day?" asked Laddie of father at breakfast Monday morning.

had

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From this reading "I had thought we would commence on the east forty, when planning the work."

harvest

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From this reading The Crest of Eastbrooke "Sow;--and look onward, upward, Where the starry light appears,-- Where, in spite of coward's doubting, Or your own heart's trembling fears, You shall reap in joy the harvest You have sown to-day in tears."

has

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From this reading "But since I thought that, a very particular reason has developed for my beginning to plow the west eighty at once, and there is a charming little ditty I feel strongly impelled to whistle every step of the way."

have

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From this reading The Crest of Eastbrooke "Sow;--and look onward, upward, Where the starry light appears,-- Where, in spite of coward's doubting, Or your own heart's trembling fears, You shall reap in joy the harvest You have sown to-day in tears."

heart's

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From this reading The Crest of Eastbrooke "Sow;--and look onward, upward, Where the starry light appears,-- Where, in spite of coward's doubting, Or your own heart's trembling fears, You shall reap in joy the harvest You have sown to-day in tears."

I

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From this reading "I had thought we would commence on the east forty, when planning the work."

impelled

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From this reading "But since I thought that, a very particular reason has developed for my beginning to plow the west eighty at once, and there is a charming little ditty I feel strongly impelled to whistle every step of the way."

in

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From this reading The Crest of Eastbrooke "Sow;--and look onward, upward, Where the starry light appears,-- Where, in spite of coward's doubting, Or your own heart's trembling fears, You shall reap in joy the harvest You have sown to-day in tears."

is

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From this reading "But since I thought that, a very particular reason has developed for my beginning to plow the west eighty at once, and there is a charming little ditty I feel strongly impelled to whistle every step of the way."

joy

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From this reading The Crest of Eastbrooke "Sow;--and look onward, upward, Where the starry light appears,-- Where, in spite of coward's doubting, Or your own heart's trembling fears, You shall reap in joy the harvest You have sown to-day in tears."

Laddie

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From this reading "Any objections to my beginning to break ground on the west eighty to-day?" asked Laddie of father at breakfast Monday morning.

light

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From this reading The Crest of Eastbrooke "Sow;--and look onward, upward, Where the starry light appears,-- Where, in spite of coward's doubting, Or your own heart's trembling fears, You shall reap in joy the harvest You have sown to-day in tears."

little

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From this reading "But since I thought that, a very particular reason has developed for my beginning to plow the west eighty at once, and there is a charming little ditty I feel strongly impelled to whistle every step of the way."

look

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From this reading The Crest of Eastbrooke "Sow;--and look onward, upward, Where the starry light appears,-- Where, in spite of coward's doubting, Or your own heart's trembling fears, You shall reap in joy the harvest You have sown to-day in tears."

Monday

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From this reading "Any objections to my beginning to break ground on the west eighty to-day?" asked Laddie of father at breakfast Monday morning.

morning

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From this reading "Any objections to my beginning to break ground on the west eighty to-day?" asked Laddie of father at breakfast Monday morning.

my

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From this reading "Any objections to my beginning to break ground on the west eighty to-day?" asked Laddie of father at breakfast Monday morning.

objections

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From this reading "Any objections to my beginning to break ground on the west eighty to-day?" asked Laddie of father at breakfast Monday morning.

of

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From this reading The Crest of Eastbrooke "Sow;--and look onward, upward, Where the starry light appears,-- Where, in spite of coward's doubting, Or your own heart's trembling fears, You shall reap in joy the harvest You have sown to-day in tears."

on

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From this reading "Any objections to my beginning to break ground on the west eighty to-day?" asked Laddie of father at breakfast Monday morning.

once

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From this reading "But since I thought that, a very particular reason has developed for my beginning to plow the west eighty at once, and there is a charming little ditty I feel strongly impelled to whistle every step of the way."

onward

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From this reading The Crest of Eastbrooke "Sow;--and look onward, upward, Where the starry light appears,-- Where, in spite of coward's doubting, Or your own heart's trembling fears, You shall reap in joy the harvest You have sown to-day in tears."

Or

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From this reading The Crest of Eastbrooke "Sow;--and look onward, upward, Where the starry light appears,-- Where, in spite of coward's doubting, Or your own heart's trembling fears, You shall reap in joy the harvest You have sown to-day in tears."

own

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From this reading The Crest of Eastbrooke "Sow;--and look onward, upward, Where the starry light appears,-- Where, in spite of coward's doubting, Or your own heart's trembling fears, You shall reap in joy the harvest You have sown to-day in tears."

particular

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From this reading "But since I thought that, a very particular reason has developed for my beginning to plow the west eighty at once, and there is a charming little ditty I feel strongly impelled to whistle every step of the way."

planning

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From this reading "I had thought we would commence on the east forty, when planning the work."

plow

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From this reading "But since I thought that, a very particular reason has developed for my beginning to plow the west eighty at once, and there is a charming little ditty I feel strongly impelled to whistle every step of the way."

reap

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From this reading The Crest of Eastbrooke "Sow;--and look onward, upward, Where the starry light appears,-- Where, in spite of coward's doubting, Or your own heart's trembling fears, You shall reap in joy the harvest You have sown to-day in tears."

reason

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From this reading "But since I thought that, a very particular reason has developed for my beginning to plow the west eighty at once, and there is a charming little ditty I feel strongly impelled to whistle every step of the way."

said

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From this reading "So had I," said Laddie.

shall

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From this reading The Crest of Eastbrooke "Sow;--and look onward, upward, Where the starry light appears,-- Where, in spite of coward's doubting, Or your own heart's trembling fears, You shall reap in joy the harvest You have sown to-day in tears."

since

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From this reading "But since I thought that, a very particular reason has developed for my beginning to plow the west eighty at once, and there is a charming little ditty I feel strongly impelled to whistle every step of the way."

So

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From this reading "So had I," said Laddie.

Sow

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From this reading The Crest of Eastbrooke "Sow;--and look onward, upward, Where the starry light appears,-- Where, in spite of coward's doubting, Or your own heart's trembling fears, You shall reap in joy the harvest You have sown to-day in tears."

sown

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From this reading The Crest of Eastbrooke "Sow;--and look onward, upward, Where the starry light appears,-- Where, in spite of coward's doubting, Or your own heart's trembling fears, You shall reap in joy the harvest You have sown to-day in tears."

spite

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From this reading The Crest of Eastbrooke "Sow;--and look onward, upward, Where the starry light appears,-- Where, in spite of coward's doubting, Or your own heart's trembling fears, You shall reap in joy the harvest You have sown to-day in tears."

starry

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From this reading The Crest of Eastbrooke "Sow;--and look onward, upward, Where the starry light appears,-- Where, in spite of coward's doubting, Or your own heart's trembling fears, You shall reap in joy the harvest You have sown to-day in tears."

step

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From this reading "But since I thought that, a very particular reason has developed for my beginning to plow the west eighty at once, and there is a charming little ditty I feel strongly impelled to whistle every step of the way."

strongly

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From this reading "But since I thought that, a very particular reason has developed for my beginning to plow the west eighty at once, and there is a charming little ditty I feel strongly impelled to whistle every step of the way."

tears

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From this reading The Crest of Eastbrooke "Sow;--and look onward, upward, Where the starry light appears,-- Where, in spite of coward's doubting, Or your own heart's trembling fears, You shall reap in joy the harvest You have sown to-day in tears."

that

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From this reading "But since I thought that, a very particular reason has developed for my beginning to plow the west eighty at once, and there is a charming little ditty I feel strongly impelled to whistle every step of the way."

The

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From this reading The Crest of Eastbrooke "Sow;--and look onward, upward, Where the starry light appears,-- Where, in spite of coward's doubting, Or your own heart's trembling fears, You shall reap in joy the harvest You have sown to-day in tears."

there

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From this reading "But since I thought that, a very particular reason has developed for my beginning to plow the west eighty at once, and there is a charming little ditty I feel strongly impelled to whistle every step of the way."

thought

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From this reading "I had thought we would commence on the east forty, when planning the work."

to

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From this reading "Any objections to my beginning to break ground on the west eighty to-day?" asked Laddie of father at breakfast Monday morning.

to-day

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From this reading The Crest of Eastbrooke "Sow;--and look onward, upward, Where the starry light appears,-- Where, in spite of coward's doubting, Or your own heart's trembling fears, You shall reap in joy the harvest You have sown to-day in tears."

trembling

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From this reading The Crest of Eastbrooke "Sow;--and look onward, upward, Where the starry light appears,-- Where, in spite of coward's doubting, Or your own heart's trembling fears, You shall reap in joy the harvest You have sown to-day in tears."

upward

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From this reading The Crest of Eastbrooke "Sow;--and look onward, upward, Where the starry light appears,-- Where, in spite of coward's doubting, Or your own heart's trembling fears, You shall reap in joy the harvest You have sown to-day in tears."

very

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From this reading "But since I thought that, a very particular reason has developed for my beginning to plow the west eighty at once, and there is a charming little ditty I feel strongly impelled to whistle every step of the way."

way

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From this reading "But since I thought that, a very particular reason has developed for my beginning to plow the west eighty at once, and there is a charming little ditty I feel strongly impelled to whistle every step of the way."

we

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From this reading "I had thought we would commence on the east forty, when planning the work."

west

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From this reading "Any objections to my beginning to break ground on the west eighty to-day?" asked Laddie of father at breakfast Monday morning.

when

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From this reading "I had thought we would commence on the east forty, when planning the work."

Where

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From this reading The Crest of Eastbrooke "Sow;--and look onward, upward, Where the starry light appears,-- Where, in spite of coward's doubting, Or your own heart's trembling fears, You shall reap in joy the harvest You have sown to-day in tears."

whistle

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From this reading "But since I thought that, a very particular reason has developed for my beginning to plow the west eighty at once, and there is a charming little ditty I feel strongly impelled to whistle every step of the way."

work

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From this reading "I had thought we would commence on the east forty, when planning the work."

would

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From this reading "I had thought we would commence on the east forty, when planning the work."

You

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From this reading The Crest of Eastbrooke "Sow;--and look onward, upward, Where the starry light appears,-- Where, in spite of coward's doubting, Or your own heart's trembling fears, You shall reap in joy the harvest You have sown to-day in tears."

your

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From this reading The Crest of Eastbrooke "Sow;--and look onward, upward, Where the starry light appears,-- Where, in spite of coward's doubting, Or your own heart's trembling fears, You shall reap in joy the harvest You have sown to-day in tears."

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