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Quotation from The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Padraic Colum

“BUT GO IN JOY, AND AS FOR LABOR LET THERE BE NO GRIEVING THAT LIMBS IN YOUTHFUL VIGOR SHOULD STILL TOIL.”

Padraic Colum (spoken by Triton (inscription))

The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles, Part III, VII: Jason and Medea (closing words) (Project Gutenberg #2395)

Portrait of Padraic Colum

The last words of the book: Triton's guidance to the Argonauts, which Jason inscribes on a pillar beside the Fleece in Iolcus.

Citation: "BUT GO IN JOY, AND AS FOR LABOR LET THERE BE NO GRIEVING THAT LIMBS IN YOUTHFUL VIGOR SHOULD STILL TOIL." — Padraic Colum, The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles, Part III, VII: Jason and Medea (closing words) (Project Gutenberg #2395). (id colum-the-golden-fleece-q7)

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