“Look up and not down, look forward and not back, look out and not in, and lend a hand!”

— Edward Everett Hale

Variants of "the Four Mottos":
Look up and not down;
Look out and not in.
Look forward and not back;
Lend a hand!
As used in Our New Crusade (1884)
Look up and not down;
Look forward and not back;
Look out and not in; —
Lend a hand!
Handwritten version published in an 1917 edition
Ten Times One is Ten (1870)

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American author and Unitarian clergyman 1822–1909

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