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It matters not how long we live but how.

Philip James Bailey

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Philip James Bailey
Age: 86 †
Born: 1816
Born: April 22
Died: 1902
Died: September 6
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P. J. Bailey
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All are of the race of God, and have in themselves good.
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I cannot be content with less than heaven.
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Stars which stand as thick as dewdrops on the field of heaven.
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Prayer is the spirit speaking truth to Truth.
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The wind breathes not, and the wave Walks softly as above a grave.
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Look on the bee upon the wing 'mong flowers How brave, how bright his life! then mark, him hiv'd, Cramp'd, cringing in his self-built, social cell, Thus it is in the world-hive most where men Lie deep in cities as in drifts.
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Evil is limited. One cannot form A scheme for universal evil.
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Leave the poor Some time for self-improvement. Let them not Be forced to grind the bones out of their arms For bread, but have some space to think and feel Like moral and immortal creatures.
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I cannot love as I have loved, And yet I know not why It is the one great woe of life To feel all feeling die.
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