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It is, in a great measure, by raising up and endowing great minds that God secures the advance of human affairs, and the accomplishment of His own plans on earth.

— Albert Barnes Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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It is not the profession of religion which creates the obligation for the performance of duty; for that existed before any such profession was made. The profession of religion only recognises the obligation.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

Life is great if properly viewed in any aspect; it is mainly great when viewed in connection with the world to come.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

There is no piety in the world which is not the result of cultivation, and which cannot be increased by the degree of care and attention bestowed upon it.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

God does not justify man on the ground of human learning; attainments in chemistry, anatomy, geology, botany, astronomy, or skill in sculpture and painting, — these do not prepare a man to die.

God calls you — alike by Scripture, by your reason, by your conscience, by the events of His providence, by heavenly influences — to consecrate all you have to His service and the good of man; Heaven appeals to you, and the world appeals to you, not to live in vain.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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