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Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.

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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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Unbelief, in distinction from disbelief, is a confession of ignorance where honest inquiry might easily find the truth. - Agnostic is but the Greek for ignoramus.
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