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"Mr. Popham is a Methodist and I'm a Congregationalist, but I say let the children go where they like, so I always take them with me." (Chapter 24)

— Kate Douglas Wiggin Mother Carey's Chickens (1911)

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Bear figs for a season or two, and the world outside the orchard is very unwilling you should bear thistles.

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Lord, I do not ask that Thou shouldst give me wealth; only show me where it is, and I will attend to the rest.

Women never hit what they aim at, ... but if they shut their eyes and shoot in the air they generally find themselves in the bull's eye.

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