John Greenleaf Whittier, Anniversary Poem, Stanza 15.
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And light is mingled with the gloom, And joy with grief; Divinest compensations come, Through thorns of judgment mercies bloom In sweet relief.
— John Greenleaf Whittier on Compensation
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Source: Wikiquote: "Compensation" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations: Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 127-28.)
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About John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier (17 December 1807 – 7 September 1892) was an American Quaker poet and abolitionist.
About John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier (17 December 1807 – 7 September 1892) was an American Quaker poet and abolitionist.
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