"It is not a case we are treating; it is a living, palpitating, alas, too often suffering fellow creature."
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"There is a shrine in the temple of age, where lie forever embalmed the memories of such as have deserved well of their country and their race."
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"I will answer anything I can with honor, but not about others."
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"...what we need is action - action!"
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"So far as I ever observed God's dealings with my soul, the flights of preachers sometimes entertained me, but it was Scripture expressions which did penetrate my heart, and in a way peculiar to themselves."
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"Tis mean for empty praise of wit to write, As fopplings grin to show their teeth are white."
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"Now let us thank th' eternal power, convinced That Heaven but tries our virtue by affliction: That oft the cloud that wraps the present hour Serves but to brighten all our future days."
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"I was shot down by a fifth ball, which struck me squarely in the face, and passed out."
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"The angels are ministering spirits; they are not governing spirits."
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"I am gaining in health slowly, and am quite cheerful in view of my approaching end, - being fully persuaded that I am worth inconceivably more to hang than any other purpose."
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"I am worth inconceivably more to hang than for any other purpose."
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