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THE LIFE OF WILLIAM MORRIS
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his final political creed, Morris carried on his work patiently from day to day, and thus it was that he exhorted others by word and example to carry on theirs; "not living like fools and fine gentlemen, and not beaten by the muddle, but like good fellows trying by some dim candle-light to set our workshop ready against to-morrow's daylight." Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.