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The most we can get out of life is its discipline for ourselves, and its usefulness for others.

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Tryon Edwards
Age: 84 †
Born: 1809
Born: August 7
Died: 1894
Died: January 4
Theologian
Hartford
Connecticut
Usefulness
Discipline
Others
Life

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We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by death but an early grave may be the shortest way to heaven.
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He that is possessed with a prejudice is possessed with a devil, and one of the worst kinds of devils, for it shuts out the truth, and often leads to ruinous error.
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Sincerity is not test of truth-no evidence of correctness of conduct. You may take poison sincerely believing it the needed medicine, but will it save your life?
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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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Always have a book at hand, in the parlor, on the table, for the family a book of condensed thought and striking anecdote, of sound maxims and truthful apothegms. It will impress on your own mind a thousand valuable suggestions, and teach your children a thousand lessons of truth and duty. Such a book is a casket of jewels for your housebold.
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Where duty is plain delay is both foolish and hazardous where it is not, delay may be both wisdom and safety.
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