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Let freedom never perish in your hands.

Joseph Addison

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Joseph Addison
Age: 47 †
Born: 1672
Born: May 1
Died: 1719
Died: June 17
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Milston
Wiltshire
Joseph Addisson
Right Hon. Joseph Addison
July
Fourth
Freedom
Hands
Never
Perish

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Oh, Liberty! thou goddess heavenly bright! Profuse of bliss, and pregnant with delight! Eternal pleasures in thy presence reign, And smiling plenty leads thy wanton train.
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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.
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Heaven is not to be looked upon only as the reward, but the natural effect, of a religious life.
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The ways of heaven are dark and intricate, Puzzled in mazes, and perplex'd with errors Our understanding traces them in vain, Lost and bewilder'd in the fruitless search Nor sees with how much art the windings run, Nor where the regular confusion ends.
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A misery is not to be measure from the nature of the evil but from the temper of the sufferer.
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The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them.
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Charity is the perfection and ornament of religion.
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To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement.
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The great number of the Jews furnishes us with a sufficient cloud of witnesses that attest the truth of the Bible.
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