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Study nature as the countenance of God.

Charles Kingsley

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Charles Kingsley
Age: 55 †
Born: 1819
Born: June 12
Died: 1875
Died: January 23
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Except a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book.
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Nothing is so infectious as example.
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So fleet the works of men, back to their earth againAncient and holy things fade like a dream.
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What is the commonest, and yet the least remembered form of heroism? The heroism of an average mother. Ah! when I think of that broad fact I gather hope again for poor humanity, and this dark world looks bright, this diseased world looks wholesome to me once more, because, whatever else it is or is not full of, it is at least full of mothers.
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Our wanton accidents take root, and grow To vaunt themselves God's laws.
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