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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
Diplomat
Poet
Writer
Germantown
Philadelphia
Sunrise
Bible
Birth
Jesus

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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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Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.
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But this I know. Those who seek Him will do well to look among the poor and the lowly, the sorrowful and the oppressed.
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What do I owe my father? Everything!
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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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O' who will walk with me along lifes merry way? A comrade blithe and full of glee, who dares to laugh out loud and free.
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Favorite People, Favorite Places, Favorite Memories of the past ... These are the joys of a lifetime Those are the things that last
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Flowers rejoice when night is done, Lift their heads to greet the sun Sweetest looks and odours raise, In a silent hymn of praise.
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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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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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Happiness is inward, and not outward and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are.
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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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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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A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war.
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In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence.
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To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall really increase the happiness and welfare and virtue of mankind - this is a choice which is possible for all of us and surely it is a good haven to sail for.
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Jazz: Music invented for the torture of imbeciles.
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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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Even if we should find another Eden, we would not be fit to enjoy it perfectly nor stay in it forever.
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A friend is what the heart needs all the time.
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