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Some so speak in exaggerations and superlatives that we need to make a large discount from their statements before we can come at their real meaning.

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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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Superlatives
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