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"The troubles of our proud and angry dust are from eternity, and shall not fail. Bear them we can, and if we can we must. Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale."

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About A. E. Housman

A. E. Housman was an English poet and classical scholar. He is best known for the poetry collection A Shropshire Lad and for influential editions of Latin texts. He served as a professor of Latin at University College London and later at the University of Cambridge.

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