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Seek for duty, and happiness will follow as the shadow comes with the sunshine.

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Tryon Edwards
Age: 84 †
Born: 1809
Born: August 7
Died: 1894
Died: January 4
Theologian
Hartford
Connecticut
Happiness
Comes
Sunshine
Shadow
Seek
Follow
Duty

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