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We often pray for purity, unselfishness, for the highest qualities of character, and forget that these things cannot be given, but must be earned.
Lyman Abbott
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Lyman Abbott
Age: 86 †
Born: 1835
Born: December 18
Died: 1922
Died: October 22
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