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There is a destiny in war, to which a brave man knows how to submit with the same courage that he faces his foes.
James F. Cooper
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Christ, in the parable of the vine dressers, has taught us a sublime lesson of justice, by showing that to the things which are not our own, we can have no just claim.
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God planted the seeds of all the trees, continued Hetty, after a moment's pause, and you see to what a height and shade they have grown! So it is with the Bible. You may read a verse this year, and forget it, and it will come back to you a year hence, when you least expect to remember it.
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The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority.
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