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There is nothing more appalling than the wholesale way in which unthinking people plead to the Almighty the richest and most spiritual of His promises, and claim their immediate fulfillment, without themselves fulfilling one of the conditions either on which they are promised or can possibly be given.

William Henry Drummond

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William Henry Drummond
Age: 52 †
Born: 1854
Born: April 13
Died: 1907
Died: April 6
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