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No one can deal with the hearts of men unless he has the sympathy which is given by love.

Henry Ward Beecher

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The great men of earth are the shadow men, who, having lived and died, now live again and forever through their undying thoughts. Thus living, though their footfalls are heard no more, their voices are louder than the thunder, and unceasing as the flow of tides or air.
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