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REWARD AND PUNISHMENT by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

First Line: YOU ARE THE BEST AND THE WORST OF EVERYTHING YOU REQUIRE
Last Line: YOU SHALL BE FOR YOURSELF BOTH THE PRAISE AND THE BLAME.
Subject(s): EVIL; GOOD; PRAISE; PUNISHMENT;

You are the best and the worst of everything you require.
If you have looked on shame willingly, yours is the shame.
You are the evil you mean, and you are the good you desire;
You shall be for yourself both the praise and the blame.



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