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There is no conflict between the Old and the New the conflict is between the False and the True.

Henry Van Dyke

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Henry Van Dyke
Age: 80 †
Born: 1852
Born: November 10
Died: 1933
Died: April 10
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Germantown
Philadelphia
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Like water spilt upon the ground--alas, Our little lives flow swiftly on and pass Yet may they bring rich harvests and green grass!
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You can never begin to live until you dare to die.
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I shall grow old, but never lose life's zest, because the road's last turn will be the best.
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So in the heart, When, fading slowly down the past, Fond memories depart, And each that leaves it seems the last Long after all the rest are flown, Returns a solitary tone,— The after-echo of departed years,— And touches all the soul to tears.
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Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why.
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Tact is the unsaid part of what you think.
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Fidelity is simply daring to be true in small things as well as great.
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Be grateful for the tiny details of your life and make room for unexpected and beautiful blessings.
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A clean and sensitive conscience, a steady and scrupulous integrity in small things as well as large, is the most valuable of all possessions, to a nation as to an individual.
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Genius is talent set on fire by courage.
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A flawless cup: how delicate and fine The flowing curve of every jewelled line! Look, turn it up or down, 'tis perfect still-- But holds no drop of life's heart-warming wine.
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A peaceful man must fight For that which peace demands,— Freedom and faith, honor and right, Defend with heart and hands.
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The shadow by my finger cast Divides the future from the past: Before it, sleeps the unborn hour, In darkness, and beyond thy power. Behind its unreturning line, The vanished hour, no longer thine: One hour alone is in thy hands,- The NOW on which the shadow stands.
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What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever.
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Natural beauty and wonder are priceless heirlooms which God has bestowed upon our nation. How shall we escape the contempt of the coming generation if we suffer this irreplaceable heritage to be wasted?
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