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To mark all that I say in conversation, merely to beget in others, a good opinion of myself, and examine it.

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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
Merely
Mark
Conversation
Opinion
Others
Good
Beget
Begets
Examine

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