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Thoroughly to teach another is the best way to learn for yourself.

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Tryon Edwards
Age: 84 †
Born: 1809
Born: August 7
Died: 1894
Died: January 4
Theologian
Hartford
Connecticut
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Thoroughly
Teach
Learn
Inspirational
Another
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Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.
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Quiet and sincere sympathy is often the most welcome and efficient consolation to the afflicted. Said a wise man to one in deep sorrow, I did not come to comfort you God only can do that but I did come to say how deeply and tenderly I feel for you in your affliction.
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True humility is not an abject, groveling, self-despising spirit it is but a right estimate of ourselves as God sees us.
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He that is possessed with a prejudice is possessed with a devil.
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He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.
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