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  • Formed on the good old plan, A true and brave and downright honest man! He blew no trumpet in the market-place, Nor in the church with hypocritic face Supplied with cant the lack of Christian grace; Loathing pretence, he did with cheerful will What others talked of while their hands were still.

    John Greenleaf Whittier (1873). “The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.138