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The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.

Henry Ward Beecher

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Henry Ward Beecher
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While a man is stringing a harp, he tries the strings, not for music, but for construction. When it is finished it shall be played for melodies. God is fashioning the human heart for future joy. He only sounds a string here and there to see how far His work has progressed.
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It is defeat that turns bone to flint, gristle to muscle, and makes men invincible.
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