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True humility is not an abject, groveling, self-despising spirit it is but a right estimate of ourselves as God sees us.

Tryon Edwards

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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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