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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.

Daniel Webster

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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
Ends
Corruption
Power
Length
Without
Throughout
Misrule
Gospel
Mitigation
Misery
Breadth
Darkness
Degradation
Land
Anarchy
Felt
Reign

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