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WAR IS KIND: 13 by STEPHEN CRANE

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First Line: THE WAYFARER / PERCEIVING THE PATHWAY TO TRUTH
Last Line: "DOUBTLESS THERE ARE OTHER ROADS."
THE wayfarer,
Perceiving the pathway to truth,
Was struck with astonishment.
It was thickly grown with weeds.
"Ha," he said,
"I see that none has passed here
In a long time."
Later he saw that each weed
Was a singular knife.
"Well," he mumbled at last,
"Doubtless there are other roads."



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