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The absence of sentimentalism in Christ's relations with men is what makes His tenderness so exquisitely touching.

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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
Relations
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Relation
Christ
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Sentimentalism
Men
Exquisitely
Tenderness
Touching

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