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Reese, Lizette W., 1856-1935 [Whether we climb...]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05508.211 Author/Creator: Reese, Lizette W., 1856-1935 Place Written: s.l. Type: Typed quotation signed Date: 28 October 1923 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 10.2 cm, Width: 15.3 cm Order a Copy

Four lines of poem: "Whether we climb, whether we plod,/Space for one task the scant years lend--/To choose some path that leads to God,/And keep it to the end."

Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935
Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929
Woman Author
Women's History
Religion
Poetry
The Roaring Twenties

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