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The Common Failing

The Common Failing 83-1 How mad begins we get when one begins To pame our faults and jeer them We love to overlook our sins But hate to overhear them

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The Common Failing

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The Common Failing. 83-1 How mad begins we get when one begins To pame our faults and jeer them. We love to overlook our sins. But hate to overhear them.

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They woke me Sunday, and I looked Out of my bed to see; And then the way I felt rebuked Suggested this to me: Even the crudest curbstone prayer, That rouses hearts anew, Is-nearer to the crystal stair Than many a proper pew. A dusty sleeve…

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