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Age is not all decay it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk.
George MacDonald
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George MacDonald
Age: 80 †
Born: 1824
Born: December 10
Died: 1905
Died: September 18
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The direst foe of courage is the fear itself, not the object of it and the man who can overcome his own terror is a hero and more.
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All those evil doctrines about God that work misery and madness have their origin in the brains of the wise and prudent, not in the hearts of children.
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I rose as from the death that wipes out the sadness of life, and then dies itself in the new morrow.
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