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Theories are always very thin and insubstantial, experience only is tangible.

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Hosea Ballou
Age: 81 †
Born: 1771
Born: April 30
Died: 1852
Died: June 6
Author
Theologian
Writer
Richmond
New Hampshire
Tangible
Theories
Thin
Theory
Experience
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Insubstantial

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Prosperity seems to be scarcely safe, unless it be mixed with a little adversity.
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Purity in person and in morals is true godliness.
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