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The birth of Jesus is the sunrise in the Bible.

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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
Sunrise
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Birth
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Courage is the standing army of the soul which keeps it from conquest, pillage, and slavery.
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Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.
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Who seeks for heaven alone to save his soul, May keep the path, but will not reach the goal While he who walks in love may wander far, Yet God will bring him where the blessed are.
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Oh, London is a man's town, there's power in the air And Paris is a woman's town, with flowers in her hair And it's sweet to dream in Venice, and it's great to study Rome But when it comes to living, there is no place like home.
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Jazz: Music invented for the torture of imbeciles.
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You may have to live in a crowd, but you do not have to live like it.
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Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound to be a critic for life.
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A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war.
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This is the soldier brave enough to tellThe glory-dazzled world that war is hell:Lover of peace, he looks beyond the strife,And rides through hell to save his country's life.
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Man said, I am tired of kings! Sons of the robber-chiefs of yore, They make me pay for their lust and their war I am the puppet, they pull the strings The blood of my heart is the wine they drink. I will govern myself for awhile I think, And see what that brings!
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No matter what theory of the origin of government you adopt, if you follow it out to its legitimate conclusions it will bring you face to face with the moral law.
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Let me but find it in my heart to say, When vagrant wishes beckon me astray, This is my work my blessing, not my doom Of all who live, I am the one by whom This work can best be done in the right way.
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We measure success by accumulation. The measure is false. The true measure is appreciation. He who loves most has most.
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No amount of energy will take the place of thought. A strenuous life with its eyes shut is a kind of wild insanity.
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If all the skies were sunshine Our faces would be fain To feel once more upon them The cooling splash of rain. If all the world were music, Our hearts would often long For one sweet strain of silence, To break the endless song If life were always merry, Our souls would seek relief, And rest from weary laughter In the quiet arms of grief.
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There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament.
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One truly affectionate soul in a family will evert a sweetening and harmonizing influence upon all its members.
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Love is the heart s immortal thirst to be completely known and all forgiven.
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Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.
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Use what talents you possess the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.
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