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Put a thorn in every enjoyment, a worm in every gourd, that would either prevent my being wholly thine, or in any measure retard my progress in the divine life.

Thomas Cogswell Upham

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Thomas Cogswell Upham
Age: 73 †
Born: 1799
Born: January 30
Died: 1872
Died: April 2
Philosopher
Poet
Psychologist
the United States of America
Thomas C. Upton
T. C. Upham
Thomas Upham
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