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Consider and act with reference to the true ends of existence. This world is but the vestibule of an immortal life. Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.

— Edwin Hubbell Chapin

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Fashion is the science of appearances, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.

Living Words (1860)

Christ saw much in this world to weep over, and much to pray over; but he saw nothing in it to look upon with contempt.

Living Words (1860)

Pride is the master-sin of the devil; and the devil is the father of lies.

Living Words (1860)

There is no happiness in life, there is no misery, like that growing out of the dispositions which consecrate or desecrate a Home.

Humanity in the City (1854)

An aged Christian, with the snow of time on his head, may remind us that those points of earth are whitest that are nearest heaven.

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