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There is nothing so elastic as the human mind. The more we are obliged to do, the more we are able to accomplish.

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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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