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Oh, how precious is time! And how guilty it makes me feel when I think I have trifled away and misimproved it, or neglected to fill up each part of it with duty to the utmost of my ability and capacity

David Brainerd

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David Brainerd
Age: 29 †
Born: 1718
Born: April 20
Died: 1747
Died: October 9
Missionary
Time
Capacity
Trifled
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Duty
Utmost
Thinking
Ability
Neglected
Away
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Precious
Part
Compromise
Feel
Guilty
Feels
Sin

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