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A man has a right to picture God according to his need, whatever it be.

Henry Ward Beecher

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Henry Ward Beecher
Journalist
Minister
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Litchfield (town)
Connecticut
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Today is a goblet day. The whole heavens have been mingled with exquisite skill to a delicious flavor, and the crystal cup put to every lip. Breathing is like ethereal drinking. It is a luxury simply to exist.
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To do good work a man should no doubt be industrious. To do great work he must certainly be idle a well.
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They who refuse education to a black man would turn the South into a vast poorhouse, and labor into a pendulum, necessity vibrating between poverty and indolence.
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Some men will not shave on Sunday, and yet they spend all the week in shaving their fellow-men and many folks think it very wicked to black their boots on Sunday morning, yet they do not hesitate to black their neighbor's reputation on week-days.
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It is the color which love wears, and cheerfulness, and joy--these three. It is the light in the window of the face by which the heart signifies to father, husband, or friend that it is at home and waiting.
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You have seen a ship out on the bay, swinging with the tide, and seeming as if it would follow it and yet it cannot, for down beneath the water it is anchored. So many a soul sways toward heaven, but cannot ascend thither, because it is anchored to some secret sin.
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Sometimes fear is wholesome and rational it is well to swing fear as a mighty battle-axe over men's heads when no other motive will move them.
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Anger is a bow that will shoot sometimes where another feeling will not.
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No man can tell another his faults so as to benefit him, unless he loves him.
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People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten men.
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The fear of doing right is the grand treason in times of danger.
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I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There is an inward fermentation, and there must be a vent.
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The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!
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The strong are God's natural protectors of the weak.
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Our life is but a new form of the way men have lived from the beginning.
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The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
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The last person one wants to be is themselves. Sadly, that is the best person to be.
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A woman's pity often opens the door to love.
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Nothing dies so hard, or rallies so often as intolerance.
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