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Pray that no sleep may seize upon your eyes, nor slumber upon your eyelids until your thoughts have seriously, calmly, and unchangably fixed.

Roger Williams

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Roger Williams
Born: 1603
Born: December 21
Grammarian
Politician
Theologian
London
England
Rev. Roger Williams
Founder of Rhode Island
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