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Mrs. George Reece

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To this generation I would say:         Memorize some bit of verse of truth or beauty.         It may serve a turn in your life.         My husband had nothing to do         With the fall of the bank - he was only cashier.         The wreck was due to the president, Thomas Rhodes,         And his vain, unscrupulous son.         Yet my husband was sent to prison,         And I was left with the children,         To feed and clothe and school them.         And I did it, and sent them forth         Into the world all clean and strong,         And all through the wisdom of Pope, the poet:         "Act well your part, there all the honor lies."

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