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Deviation from either truth or duty is a downward path.

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Tryon Edwards
Age: 84 †
Born: 1809
Born: August 7
Died: 1894
Died: January 4
Theologian
Hartford
Connecticut
Truth
Deviation
Downward
Duty
Either
Path

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