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Where Example keeps pace with Authority, Power hardly fails to be obey'd.
William Penn
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William Penn
Age: 73 †
Born: 1644
Born: October 14
Died: 1718
Died: July 30
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Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. Authority is for children and servants, yet not without sweetness.
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He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end.
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You are now fixed at the mercy of no governor that comes to make his fortune great you shall be governed by laws of your own making and live a free, and if you will, a sober and industrious life. I shall not usurp the right of any, or oppress his person. God has furnished me with a better resolution and has given me his grace to keep it.
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