Some clergymen make a motto, instead of a theme, of their texts. - Hosea Ballou

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Poetry is often very critical of the culture from which it emerges. Quite often literary critics of a nationalist bent talk up the national culture, in a way that the literary texts don't. Poetry can bring out areas of denial and repression.

Hosea Ballou

Some clergymen make a motto, instead of a theme, of their texts.

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Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.

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If we agree in love, there is no disagreement that can do us any injury, but if we do not, no other agreement can do us any good. Let us endeavor to keep the unity of the spirit in the bonds of peace.

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Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.

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All our possessions are as nothing compared to health, strength, and a clear conscience.

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Faith, in order to be genuine and of any real value, must be the offspring of that divine love which Jesus manifested when He prayed for His enemies on the cross.

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