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When general observations are drawn from so many particulars as to become certain and indisputable, these are jewels of knowledge.

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Isaac Watts
Age: 74 †
Born: 1674
Born: July 17
Died: 1748
Died: November 25
Hymnwriter
Philosopher
Poet
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Southampton
Hampshire
Isaac Watts
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Everyday is a birthday every moment of it is new to us we are born again, renewed for fresh work and endeavor.
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To God the Father, God the Son, And God the Spirit, Three in One, Be honour, praise, and glory given By all on earth, and all in heaven.
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Love is amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all.
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No science is speedily learned by the noblest genius without tuition.
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I love the soul that dares tread the temptations of his years beneath his youthful feet.
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Do not hover always on the surface of things, nor take up suddenly with mere appearances but penetrate into the depth of matters, as far as your time and circumstances allow, especially in those things which relate to your profession.
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Custom and authority are no sure evidence of truth.
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Among all the accomplishments of youth there is none preferable to a decent and agreeable behavior among men, a modest freedom of speech, a soft and elegant manner of address, a graceful and lovely deportment, a cheerful gravity and good-humor, with a mind appearing ever serene under the ruffling accidents of human life.
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What's amiss I'll strive to mend,And endure what can't be mended.
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When I can read my title clear To mansions in the skies, I'll bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weeping eyes.
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Let dogs delight to bark and bite, for God hath made them so.
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Acquire a government over your ideas, that they may come down when they are called, and depart when they are bidden.
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To prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine.
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Preserve your conscience always soft and sensitive. If but one sin force its way into that tender part of the soul and dwell there, the road is paved for a thousand iniquities.
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The stars, that in their courses roll, Have much instruction given But Thy good Word informs my soul How I may climb to Heaven.
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No more let sins and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground He comes to make His blessings flow Far as the curse is found.
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Death, like an overflowing stream, Sweeps us away: our life's a dream.
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