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Habits, soft and pliant at first, are like some coral stones, which are easily cut when first quarried, but soon become hard as adamant.

Charles Spurgeon

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Charles Spurgeon
Age: 57 †
Born: 1834
Born: June 19
Died: 1892
Died: January 31
Autobiographer
Cleric
Hymnwriter
Missionary
Pastor
Preacher
Theologian
Writer
Kelvedon
Essex
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
C. H. Spurgeon
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Stones
Soon
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Pliant
Cutting
Coral
Become
Adamant
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Habits
First
Soft
Hard
Easily

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