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... Essays to do Good , " made a Benjamin Franklin . May the reading of this volume inspire you to live worthy the opportunities the Creator has given you . INTRODUCTION BY Rev. CHARLES H. PARKHURST , D.D. , New 24 INTRODUCTION .
... Essays to do Good , " made a Benjamin Franklin . May the reading of this volume inspire you to live worthy the opportunities the Creator has given you . INTRODUCTION BY Rev. CHARLES H. PARKHURST , D.D. , New 24 INTRODUCTION .
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... given him to do . Paradise was his , " to dress it and keep it . " His subsequent sin and expul- sion from Eden made no change in this fundamental law of his life . Thereafter , to him and his , work was different and harder and more ...
... given him to do . Paradise was his , " to dress it and keep it . " His subsequent sin and expul- sion from Eden made no change in this fundamental law of his life . Thereafter , to him and his , work was different and harder and more ...
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... given you a blessing to yourself and to others . It is well , then , at the beginning of your career , to remember that there is no teacher like experi- ence , nor any lessons so impressive and so costly as hers . Very many , indeed ...
... given you a blessing to yourself and to others . It is well , then , at the beginning of your career , to remember that there is no teacher like experi- ence , nor any lessons so impressive and so costly as hers . Very many , indeed ...
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... given you power for success , you must use it , or forfeit it . It is her decree that power unused shall be dissipated . The heat and the steam that would drive an engine soon part with all their force if we do not use them . There is ...
... given you power for success , you must use it , or forfeit it . It is her decree that power unused shall be dissipated . The heat and the steam that would drive an engine soon part with all their force if we do not use them . There is ...
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... given by Prof. J. F. Dana before the New York Atheneum in the winter of 1826 , but they were apparently and practically lost on all but one of his audience , the son of a clergyman , and a recent graduate of Yale , who was then earning ...
... given by Prof. J. F. Dana before the New York Atheneum in the winter of 1826 , but they were apparently and practically lost on all but one of his audience , the son of a clergyman , and a recent graduate of Yale , who was then earning ...
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