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Whatever our place allotted to us by Providence that for us is the post of honor and duty. God estimates us, not by the position we are in, but by the way in which we fill it.

Tryon Edwards

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Tryon Edwards
Age: 84 †
Born: 1809
Born: August 7
Died: 1894
Died: January 4
Theologian
Hartford
Connecticut
Duty
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Providence
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Thoroughly to teach another is the best way to learn for yourself.
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Mystery is but another name for ignorance if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain!
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If you would thoroughly know anything, teach it to others.
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Between two evils, choose neither between two goods, choose both.
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Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven.
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