Oh, the worlds a curious compound, with its honey and its gall, With its cares and bitter crosses, but a good world after all. An a good God must have made itleastways, that is what I say, When a hand is on my shoulder in a friendly sort oway.
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The anger of a person who is strong, can always bide its time.
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Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these.
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'Lord, I believe help Thou mine unbelief.' We must believe Being from birth endowed with love and trust Born unto lovingand how simply just That lovethat faitheven in the blossom-face The babe drops dreamward in its resting place, Intuitively cons.
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When you awaken some morning and hear that somebody or other has been discovered, you can put it down as a fact that he discovered himself years ago - since that time he has been toiling, working, and striving to make himself worthy of general discovery.
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