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Apothegms are the wisdom of the past condensed for the instruction and guidance of the present.

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Tryon Edwards
Age: 84 †
Born: 1809
Born: August 7
Died: 1894
Died: January 4
Theologian
Hartford
Connecticut
Past
Condensed
Instruction
Guidance
Present
Wisdom

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Whoever in prayer can say, 'Our Father', acknowledges and should feel the brotherhood of the whole race of mankind.
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