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Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another - too often ending in the loss of both.

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Tryon Edwards
Age: 84 †
Born: 1809
Born: August 7
Died: 1894
Died: January 4
Theologian
Hartford
Connecticut
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Another
Retaining
Right
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Compromise
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