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LinesBetter no prayer than too big an offering,By thy getting measure thy gift;Better is none than too big a sacrifice,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .So Thund of old wrote ere man’s race began,Where he rose on high when home he came.* * *

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Better no prayer than too big an offering, By thy getting measure thy gift; Better is none than too big a sacrifice, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . So Thund of old wrote ere man’s race began, Where he rose on high when home he came. * * *

Hávamál, Henry Adams Bellows, stanza 146. Public domain in the United States.

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