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If the power of the Gospel is not felt throughout the length and breadth of the land, anarchy and misrule, degradation and misery, corruption and darkness will reign without mitigation or end.

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Daniel Webster
Age: 70 †
Born: 1782
Born: January 18
Died: 1852
Died: October 25
Diplomat
Former United States Senator
Lawyer
Politician
Salisbury
New Hampshire
Mitigation
Gospel
Breadth
Misery
Degradation
Darkness
Anarchy
Land
Reign
Felt
Corruption
Ends
Length
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Misrule
Without
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