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There is a gentle element, and man may breathe it with a calm, unruffled soul, and drink its living waters, till his heart is pure and this is human happiness.
Nathaniel Parker Willis
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Nathaniel Parker Willis
Age: 61 †
Born: 1806
Born: January 20
Died: 1867
Died: January 20
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O, when the heart is, full, when bitter thoughts come crowding thickly up for utterance, and the poor common words of courtesy are such a very mockery, how much the bursting heart may pour itself in prayer!
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The sin forgiven by Christ in HeavenBy man is cursed alway.
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Gratitude is not only the memory but the homage of the heart- rendered to God for his goodness.
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The lily and the rose in her fair face striving for precedence.
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