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FIRM BELIEF, by                    
First Line: The thing that numbs the heart is this
Last Line: "that life, to one born whole, is worth the living, / well worth the taking, having, and the giving"


The thing that numbs the heart is this:
That men cannot devise
Some scheme of life to banish fear
That lurks in most men's eyes.

Fear of the lack of shelter, food,
And fire for winter's cold;
Fear of their children's lacking these,
This in a world so old.

This is my sure, my very firm belief:
That life, to one born whole, is worth the living,
Well worth the taking, having, and the giving.





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