The plain man is the basic clod From which we grow the demigod; And in the average man is curled The hero stuff that rules the world.


Back Country Poems - Memorial Day, Stanza 2, Lee & Shepard. 1894

Sam Walter Foss Quotes

The plain man is the basic clod From which we grow the demigod; And in the average man is curled The hero stuff that rules the world.

The plain man is the basic clod From which we grow the demigod; And in the average man is curled The hero stuff that rules the world.

The plain man is the basic clod From which we grow the demigod; And in the average man is curled The hero stuff that rules the world.

The plain man is the basic clod From which we grow the demigod; And in the average man is curled The hero stuff that rules the world.