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High aims form high characters, and great objects bring out great minds.

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Tryon Edwards
Age: 84 †
Born: 1809
Born: August 7
Died: 1894
Died: January 4
Theologian
Hartford
Connecticut
High
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Aims
Character
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Great
Minds
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Characters
Objects
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