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THE TRUE BENEFACTORS OF MANKIND.
Unnoticed goes the great Man thro' the crowd,And yet he is a mighty Influence,
Taking a wide sweep and circumference
Of Man and Nature—Influence not loud,
But deep, and felt where it is least avowed
And known—like the great wind, which, scarce to sense
Perceptible, nor whither nor yet whence
It blows, and yet with power divine endowed,
Is known but by the freshness of the earth,
To which, when it has passed by, it gives birth!
So thro' the crowd he passes, caring not
Whether, or how, it estimate his worth—
Well knowing that he cannot be forgot,
Who with his kind identifies his lot!
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