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Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.

Hosea Ballou

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Hosea Ballou
Age: 81 †
Born: 1771
Born: April 30
Died: 1852
Died: June 6
Author
Theologian
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Richmond
New Hampshire
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Former
Charity
Divine
Human
Humans
Outrun
Never
Zeal
Divinity

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