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We never do evil so thoroughly and heartily as when led to it by an honest but perverted, because mistaken, conscience.

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Tryon Edwards
Age: 84 †
Born: 1809
Born: August 7
Died: 1894
Died: January 4
Theologian
Hartford
Connecticut
Mistaken
Conscience
Honest
Evil
Never
Heartily
Perverted
Thoroughly

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