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Prosperity too often has the same effect on a Christian that a calm at sea has on a Dutch mariner who frequently, it is said, in those circumstances, ties up the rudder, gets drunk, and goes to sleep.
William Cornelius Van Horne
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William Cornelius Van Horne
Age: 72 †
Born: 1843
Born: February 3
Died: 1915
Died: September 11
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