The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived

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He was born in an obscure village The child of a peasant woman He worked in a carpenter shop until he was 30 And then for three very short years, he was an itenerant teacher He never wrote a book, held an office, owned a home He never had a family, he never went to college Or visited a big city He never traveled more than 200 miles from the place where he was born He never did any of the things that usually accompanies greatness He had no other credentials but himself When he was only 33 years old, the tide of public opinion turned against him His friends ran away One of them even denied him He was turned over to his enemies and went through the mockery of a trial He was nailed to a cross between two thieves And his executioners gambled for the only piece of property that he had on earth while he was dying That was his coat When he was dead, he was taken down and laid in a borrowed grave For the pity of the friend 19 centuries have come and gone And all the Armies that ever marched All the Navies that ever sailed All the parliaments that ever sat And all the kings that ever reigned put together Have not affected the life of mankind on this earth As much as that one solitary life