His home! the Western giant smiles, And twirls the spotty g… - Oliver Wendell Holmes

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His home! the Western giant smiles, And twirls the spotty globe to find it;
This little speck, the British Isles? ’T is but a freckle,—never mind it.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (29 August 1809 – 8 October 1894) was an American physician, writer, poet, and the father of US Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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His home! the Western giant smiles, And twirls the spotty globe to find it; This little speck, the British Isles? ’T is but a freckle,—never mind it. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

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