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Life is too short to nurse one's misery. Hurry across the lowlands so that you may spend more time on the mountain tops.

Phillips Brooks

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Phillips Brooks
Age: 57 †
Born: 1835
Born: December 13
Died: 1893
Died: January 23
Clergyman
Hymnwriter
Priest
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Boston
Massachusetts
Mountain
Spend
Short
Lowlands
May
Tops
Time
Hurry
Life
Nurse
Misery
Across

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