But dream not helm and harness The sign of valor true; Peace hath higher tests of manhood Than battle ever knew. - John Greenleaf Whittier

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But dream not helm and harness
The sign of valor true;
Peace hath higher tests of manhood
Than battle ever knew.

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About John Greenleaf Whittier

John Greenleaf Whittier (17 December 1807 – 7 September 1892) was an American Quaker poet and abolitionist.

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