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Heaven often seems distant and unknown, but if He who made the road... is our guide, we need not fear to lose the way.

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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Poet
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Germantown
Philadelphia
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Road
Made
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Way
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Heaven
Fear
Distant
Often
Guide
Seems
Unknown
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