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A marble cutter, with chisel and hammer, was changing a stone into a statue. A preacher looking on said: I wish I could deal such changing blows on stony hearts. The workman answered: Maybe you could, if you worked like me, upon your knees.

Arthur Tappan Pierson

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Arthur Tappan Pierson
Age: 74 †
Born: 1837
Born: March 6
Died: 1911
Died: June 3
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New York City
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