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The more difficulties one has to encounter, within and without, the more significant and the higher in inspiration his life will be.

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Horace Bushnell
Age: 73 †
Born: 1802
Born: April 14
Died: 1876
Died: February 17
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However dark our lot may be, there is light enough on the other side of the cloud.
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It is only Christianity, the great bond of love and duty to God, that makes any existence valuable or even tolerable.
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