A few years hence and he will be beneath the sod; but those cliffs will stand, as now, … - Henry Parry Liddon

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There is no device whatever to be invented for securing happiness without industry, economy, and virtue.

Henry Parry Liddon

A few years hence and he will be beneath the sod; but those cliffs will stand, as now, facing the ocean, incessantly lashed by its waves, yet unshaken, immovable; and other eyes will gaze on them for their brief day of life, and then they, too, will close.

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A deliberate rejection of duty prescribed by already recognized truth cannot but destroy, or at least impair most seriously the clearness of our mental vision.

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Practically speaking, there are for each one of us two supreme realities -- God and the soul. The heavens and the earth will pass away. But the soul will still remain, face to face with God.

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If Christianity has really come from heaven, it must renew the whole life of man; it must govern the life of nations no less than that of individuals; it must control a Christian when acting in his public and political capacity as completely as when he is engaged in the duties which belong to him as a member of a family circle.

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What we do on some great occasion will probably depend on what we already are; and what we are will be the result of previous years of self-discipline.

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