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Outward attacks and troubles rather fix than unsettle the Christian, as tempests from without only serve to root the oak faster while an inward canker will gradually rot and decay it.

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Hannah More
Age: 88 †
Born: 1745
Born: February 2
Died: 1833
Died: September 7
Abolitionist
Essayist
Philanthropist
Playwright
Poet
Tragedy Writer
Writer
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Roots
Troubles
Trouble
Gradually
Rather
Attacks
Unsettle
Christian
Decay
Canker
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Tempests
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Tempest
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Oaks
Serve
Outward

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