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To be good, we must do good and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power.

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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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