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Anxiety is the poison of human life the parent of many sins and of more miseries.

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Tryon Edwards
Age: 84 †
Born: 1809
Born: August 7
Died: 1894
Died: January 4
Theologian
Hartford
Connecticut
Life
Poison
Anxiety
Misery
Sin
Parent
Human
Humans
Miseries
Many
Sins

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