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Every time you acquire a new interest, even more, a new accomplishment, you increase your power of life.
William Lyon Phelps
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William Lyon Phelps
Age: 78 †
Born: 1865
Born: January 2
Died: 1943
Died: August 21
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New Haven
Connecticut
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God speaks to me not through the thunder and the earthquake, nor through the ocean and the stars, but through the Son of Man, and speaks in a language adapted to my imperfect sight and hearing.
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