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True sympathy is putting ourselves in another's place and we are moved in proportion to the reality of our imagination.

Hosea Ballou

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Hosea Ballou
Age: 81 †
Born: 1771
Born: April 30
Died: 1852
Died: June 6
Author
Theologian
Writer
Richmond
New Hampshire
Reality
Sympathy
Proportion
Putting
Moved
Imagination
Another
True
Place

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