The reason for the slow pro... by John Jay Chapman, an American Poet

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“The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows up beneath the oppressions of his age.”

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Name: John Jay Chapman

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Mar 2, 1862

Date of Death: 1933

Profession: Poet

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