• I have believed the best of every man. And find that to believe is enough to make a bad man show him at his best, or even a good man swings his lantern higher.

  William Butler Yeats
  Irish poet 1865-1939
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1. believed
2. believe
3. lantern
4. swings
5. higher

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I have believed the best of every man. And find that to believe is enough to make a bad man show him at his best, or even a good man swings his lantern higher. by : William Butler Yeats

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