“Let him not boast who puts his armor on
As he who puts it off, the battle done.
Study yourselves; and most of all note well
Wherein kind Nature meant you to excel.
Not every blossom ripens into fruit.”

St. 11.
Morituri Salutamus http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/longfellow/19229 (1875)

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American poet 1807–1882

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