Quotemeal: Apr. 9th, 1957

Tuesday, April 9, 1957

"Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: "It might have been!""
— John Greenleaf Whittier

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Illustration of John Greenleaf Whittier — "Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: "It might have been!""

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