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Contemplation is to knowledge what digestion is to food - the way to get life out of it

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Tryon Edwards
Age: 84 †
Born: 1809
Born: August 7
Died: 1894
Died: January 4
Theologian
Hartford
Connecticut
Digestion
Contemplation
Food
Knowledge
Way
Life

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