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How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure!
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Adlai Stevenson
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gutenberg.orgAdlai Stevenson: “How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure!”
Editor's note · Context
Stevenson poetically expresses the limitations of laws and kings in addressing human suffering.
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