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Brothers: Statue of Brothers on Wikipedia

”There is a destiny that makes us brothers; 
None goes his way alone: 
All that we send into the lives of others 
Comes back into our own.”

Edwin Markham (1852-1940), U.S. poet. A Creed (l. 1-4)… Family Book of Best Loved Poems, The. David L. George, ed. (1952) Doubleday & Company….

In one of those rare instances, where laziness pays off….
After searching to find this brief quote in two different places, I decided to look in another of my books; The Best Loved Poems of the American People (also published by Doubleday) - and there, I found this second verse:

I care not what his temples or his creeds, 
One thing holds firm and fast -
That into his fateful heap of days and deeds
The soul of man is cast.

Edwin Markham