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When we are young we think our troubles a mighty business – that the world is spread out expressly as a stage for the particular drama of our lives an...more

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If you had a table spread for a feast, and was making merry with your friends, you would think it was kind to let me come and sit down and rejoice wit...more

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There is no hour that has not its births of gladness and despair, no morning brightness that does not bring new sickness to desolation as well as new ...more

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How can one ever do anything nobly Christian, living among people with such petty thoughts?

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It is curious what patches of hardness and tenderness lie side by side in men’s dispositions. I suppose he has some test by which he finds out whom He...more

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It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.

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Love gives insight, Maggie, and insight often gives foreboding. Listen to me, let me supply you with books; do let me see you sometimes, be your broth...more