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Question
The gladdest people living are the wholesome folks who make
A circle at the fireside that no power but death can break.
What can break their unity?
Solution
Only death can break their unity.
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The gladdest people living are the wholesome folks who make
A circle at the fireside that no power but death can break.
Who are the gladdest people living?
It's the stick-together family that wins the joys of earth,
That hears the sweetest music and that finds the finest mirth;
How do they find their joy?
