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the salt of the earth

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  1. the salt of the earth

    Read the full text of the The Salt of the Earth poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne on the Poetry.com website.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of the salt of the earth in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of the salt of the earth in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of the salt of the earth in a Sentence

  1. Cat Ellington:

    Songwriters are the salt of the Earth.

  2. Jennifer Carnahan:

    We can only hope that this is not indicative of what our Republican volunteers, candidates, activists and leaders will face as we head into the 2020 elections, we are supposed to be salt of the earth, genuine folk here in Minnesota.

  3. Rebecca West:

    The point is that nobody likes having salt rubbed into their wounds, even if it is the salt of the earth.

  4. Ruth Danielsen:

    They are the nicest humans you would ever want to meet, very polite, salt-of-the-earth types, they are always giving hay away to other ranchers who need it and donating money to local schools and charities, really nice people. Not the people the government should be going after.

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