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September 1907 Issue
September 1907 Cover
This magazine has been fully digitized as a part of The Atlantic's archive. Each article originally printed in this magazine is available here, complete and unedited from the historical print. Read more from this magazine, or explore the full archive.
  • Why American Marriages Fail
    Anna A. Rogers
  • Earl Percy's Dinner-Table
    Harold Murdock
  • Civilization
    James E. Richardson
  • The Rules of the Game
    Edward Alsworth Ross
  • Fenimore Cooper
    Brander Matthews
  • When Town and Country Meet
    Elsie Singmaster
Poem

Joy From Sorrow

By R. Valantine Heckscher
September 1907 Issue
Saved Stories
I BORROW Joy from Sorrow —
A Rainbow from the Rain!
If Life were not in Shadow,
My Star would shine in vain!