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I make it my rule, to lay hold of light and embrace it, wherever I see it, though held forth by a child or an enemy.

Jonathan Edwards

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Jonathan Edwards
Age: 54 †
Born: 1703
Born: October 5
Died: 1758
Died: March 22
Clergyman
Philosopher
Theologian
Writer
East Windsor
Connecticut
Child
Wherever
Though
Forth
Christian
Lays
Light
Held
Children
Embrace
Make
Rule
Hold
Enemy

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