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> [This is a man with an old face, always old... There was pathos, in his face, and in his eyes. The early weariness; and sometimes tears in his eyes, Which he let slip unconsciously on his cheek, Or brushed away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-lee-masters/this-is-a-man-with-an-old-face-always-old-there-was-pathos-in-his/)

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## More by Edgar Lee Masters

> [The earth keeps some vibration going There in your heart, and that is you. And if the people find you can fiddle, why fiddle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-lee-masters/the-earth-keeps-some-vibration-going-there-in-your-heart-and-that-is/)

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> [O maternal earth which rocks the fallen leaf to sleep!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-lee-masters/o-maternal-earth-which-rocks-the-fallen-leaf-to-sleep/)

[Edgar Lee Masters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-lee-masters/)

> [And I never started to plow in my life That some one did not stop in the road And take me away to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-lee-masters/and-i-never-started-to-plow-in-my-life-that-some-one-did-not-stop-in/)

[Edgar Lee Masters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-lee-masters/)

> [Did I follow Truth wherever she led, And stand against the whole world for a cause, And uphold the weak against the strong? If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-lee-masters/did-i-follow-truth-wherever-she-led-and-stand-against-the-whole-world/)

[Edgar Lee Masters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-lee-masters/)

> [The spiritual kinship between Lincoln and Whitman was founded upon their Americanism, their essential Westernism. Whitman had grown up without much formal education; Lincoln…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-lee-masters/the-spiritual-kinship-between-lincoln-and-whitman-was-founded-upon/)

[Edgar Lee Masters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-lee-masters/)

> [“Henry got me with child, Knowing that I could not bring forth life Without losing my own. In my youth therefore I entered the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-lee-masters/henry-got-me-with-child-knowing-that-i-could-not-bring-forth-life/)

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> [There is the silence of age, too full of wisdom for the tongue to utter it in words intelligible to those who have not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-lee-masters/there-is-the-silence-of-age-too-full-of-wisdom-for-the-tongue-to/)

[Edgar Lee Masters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-lee-masters/)

> [Work for your own soul's sake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-lee-masters/work-for-your-own-soul-s-sake/)

[Edgar Lee Masters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-lee-masters/)

> [The Typical American? He is sent to school Little or much, where he imbibes the rule Of safety first and comfort; in his youth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-lee-masters/the-typical-american-he-is-sent-to-school-little-or-much-where-he/)

[Edgar Lee Masters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-lee-masters/)

> [Many books have been written to show that Christianity has emasculated the world, that it shoved aside the enlightenment and wisdom of Hellas for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-lee-masters/many-books-have-been-written-to-show-that-christianity-has/)

[Edgar Lee Masters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-lee-masters/)

> [The dust's for crawling, heaven's for flying, Wherefore, O Soul, whose wings are grown, Soar upward to the sun!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-lee-masters/the-dust-s-for-crawling-heaven-s-for-flying-wherefore-o-soul-whose/)

[Edgar Lee Masters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-lee-masters/)

> [To put meaning in one's life may end in madness, But life without meaning is the torture Of restlessness and vague desire-It is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-lee-masters/to-put-meaning-in-one-s-life-may-end-in-madness-but-life-without/)

[Edgar Lee Masters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-lee-masters/)

> [To love is to find your own soul Through the soul of the beloved one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-lee-masters/to-love-is-to-find-your-own-soul-through-the-soul-of-the-beloved-one/)

[Edgar Lee Masters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-lee-masters/)

> [There is no marriage in Heaven, but there is love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-lee-masters/there-is-no-marriage-in-heaven-but-there-is-love/)

[Edgar Lee Masters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-lee-masters/)

> [The mind sees the world as a thing apart, And the soul makes the world at one with itself. A mirror scratched reflects no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-lee-masters/the-mind-sees-the-world-as-a-thing-apart-and-the-soul-makes-the-world/)

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