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The highest order that was ever instituted on earth is the order of faith.

Henry Ward Beecher

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Henry Ward Beecher
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Our earthly loves are but so many silver steps leading us up to the great golden love of God.
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It is the end of art to inoculate men with the love of nature. But those who have a psssion for nature in the natural way, need no pictures nor gallereies. Spring is their designer, and the whole year their artist.
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A traitor is good fruit to hang from the boughs of the tree of liberty.
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The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.
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As flowers carry dewdrops, trembling on the edges of the petals, and ready to fall at the first waft of wind or brush of bird, so the heart should carry its beaded words of thanksgiving and at the first breath of heavenly flavor, let down the shower, perfumed with the heart's gratitude.
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Rich men are to bear the infirmities of the poor. Wise men are to bear the mistakes of the ignorant. Strong men are to bear with the feeble. Cultured people are to bear with the rude and vulgar. If a rough and coarse man meets an ecstatically fine man, the man that is highest up is to be the servant of the man that is lowest down.
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