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I frequently hear persons in old age say how they would live, if they were to live their lives over again: Resolved, That I will live just so as I can think I shall wish I had done, supposing I live to old age.
Jonathan Edwards
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Jonathan Edwards
Age: 54 †
Born: 1703
Born: October 5
Died: 1758
Died: March 22
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True liberty consists only in the power of doing what we ought to will, and in not being constrained to do what we ought not to will
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The view of the misery of the damned will double the ardour of the love and gratitude of the saints of heaven.
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