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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
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Philanthropist
Playwright
Poet
Tragedy Writer
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Oaks
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