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There is no such way to attain to greater measures of grace, as for a man to live up to that little grace he has.

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Thomas Brooks
Age: 77 †
Born: 1880
Born: July 7
Died: 1958
Died: February 15
Politician
Thurgoland
South Yorkshire
Thomas Judson Brooks
Men
Measures
Attain
Grace
Greater
Littles
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Little
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