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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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Writer
Germantown
Philadelphia
Sunrise
Bible
Birth
Jesus

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The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month.
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Love is not getting, but giving It is goodness, and honor, and peace and pure living.
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Love is the heart s immortal thirst to be completely known and all forgiven.
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Peace without Justice is a low estate,— A coward cringing to an iron Fate! But Peace through Justice is the great ideal,— We'll pay the price of war to make it real.
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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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One truly affectionate soul in a family will evert a sweetening and harmonizing influence upon all its members.
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Death comes in its own time, in its own way.Death is as unique as the individual experiencing it.
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For real company and friendship, there is nothing outside the animal kingdom that is comparable to a river.
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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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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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What is Fortune, what is Fame? Futile gold and phantom name- Riches buried in a cave, Glory written on a grave.
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No amount of energy will take the place of thought.
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Genius is talent set on fire by courage.
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You can never begin to live until you dare to die.
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Hymns of today that may be sung by people who know the thought of the age...are not afraid that any truth of science will destroy Christianity, or any revolution will overthrow the Kingdom of Heaven.
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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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There is a better thing than the observance of Christmas day, and that is, keeping Christmas.
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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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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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Modest egotism is the salt of conversation you do not want too much of it, but if it is altogether omitted, everything tastes flat.
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