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What we gave, we have What we spent, we had What we left, we lost.

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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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Sin with the multitude, and your responsibility and guilt are as great and as truly personal, as if you alone had done the wrong
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He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.
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