My Aunt Maria asked me to read the life of Dr. Chalmers,which, however, I did not promise to do.Yesterday, Sunday, she was heard through the partitionshouting to my Aunt Jane, who is deaf, 'Think of itHe stood half an hour today to hear the frogs croak,and he wouldn't read the life of Chalmers.'
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It is strange to talk of miracles, revelations, inspiration, and the like, as things past, while love remains.
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For an impenetrable shield, stand inside yourself.
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The virtue which we appreciate, we to some extent appropriate.
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