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Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Their Labor Stands Till Now
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), "The King's Task," lines 16-17:
...Rudely but greatly begat they the framing of State and Shire.
Rudely but deeply they laboured, and their labour stands till now...