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Pray over every truth for though the renewed heart is not desperately wicked, it is quite deceitful enough to become so, if God be forgotten a moment.
Charles Kingsley
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Charles Kingsley
Age: 55 †
Born: 1819
Born: June 12
Died: 1875
Died: January 23
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Our wanton accidents take root, and grow To vaunt themselves God's laws.
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Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past, so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth.
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He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them.
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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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