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Time and pains will do anything.

Frederick William Robertson

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Frederick William Robertson
Age: 37 †
Born: 1816
Born: February 3
Died: 1853
Died: August 15
Preacher
Theologian
London
England
F. W. Robertson
F. W. R.
Reverend Frederick William Robertson
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Earnestness
Pains
Pain

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