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... hearts in the ranks of men . Few did more varied labor in life . He was a splendid journalist , orator , and dramatist , and alternated from one practical post to the other ; was a good judge , a brave mayor of Philadelphia , and a ...
... hearts in the ranks of men . Few did more varied labor in life . He was a splendid journalist , orator , and dramatist , and alternated from one practical post to the other ; was a good judge , a brave mayor of Philadelphia , and a ...
Page 55
... themselves . Consistency is often a species of moral cowardice . Many shelter themselves under this shadow , and lie through a life - time , publicly indorsing an idea they hate in their hearts . The brave spirits WILLIAM B. REED. ...
... themselves . Consistency is often a species of moral cowardice . Many shelter themselves under this shadow , and lie through a life - time , publicly indorsing an idea they hate in their hearts . The brave spirits WILLIAM B. REED. ...
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John Wien Forney. idea they hate in their hearts . The brave spirits are those who welcome the truth as they see it , and fight it out . The fool often lives and dies in his own errors . The wise man investi- gates and rejects them . As ...
John Wien Forney. idea they hate in their hearts . The brave spirits are those who welcome the truth as they see it , and fight it out . The fool often lives and dies in his own errors . The wise man investi- gates and rejects them . As ...
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... hearts in sobbings and in prayer to Heaven that ours may be the radiant and the steady light which shall never bewilder ... heart . ' And will we not , can we not do it ? Can we not give it freely , OWEN LOVEJOY . 61 proudly give it all ...
... hearts in sobbings and in prayer to Heaven that ours may be the radiant and the steady light which shall never bewilder ... heart . ' And will we not , can we not do it ? Can we not give it freely , OWEN LOVEJOY . 61 proudly give it all ...
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... heart will not or can not de- liver over at such a moment , let us tear that heart from our bo- som if we can , and lift up our supplications to the Father above that he would send us another in its place , better fitted for the sight ...
... heart will not or can not de- liver over at such a moment , let us tear that heart from our bo- som if we can , and lift up our supplications to the Father above that he would send us another in its place , better fitted for the sight ...
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