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Pure felicity is reserved for the heavenly life it grows not in an earthly soil.

Edwin Hubbel Chapin

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Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Age: 65 †
Born: 1814
Born: December 29
Died: 1880
Died: January 1
Clergyman
Priest
E. H. Chapin
Edwin Hubbell Rev. Chapin
Heavenly
Soil
Pure
Grows
Felicity
Life
Reserved
Earthly
Bliss

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