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It is Dryden I think who says , and says wisely , 66 Happy the man and happy he alone ; He who can call to - day his own ; He who secure within can say , To - morrow do thy worst , for I have lived to - day .
It is Dryden I think who says , and says wisely , 66 Happy the man and happy he alone ; He who can call to - day his own ; He who secure within can say , To - morrow do thy worst , for I have lived to - day .
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| Title | Life in the Ranks |
| Author | William Taylor |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | T.C. Newby, 1847 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 6 Dec 2007 |
| Length | 325 pages |
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