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A virtuous youth and frugal manhood always create a Pisgah for the veteran in righteousness, from which he may calmly survey the stars, and read his " title clear to mansions in the skies," while yet in the flesh he can soar on the wings of meditation above the clouds, and catch glimpses of the heavenly world that lies in the placid and everlasting orient before him.

— Elias Lyman Magoon Proverbs for the People (1849)

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The advent of truth, like the dawn of day, agitates the elements, while it disperses the gloom.

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An unsanctified temper is a fruitful source of error, and a mighty impediment to truth.

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The worst idleness is that of the heart. Think of the condition and prospects of a voiceless, thankless, prayerless heart.

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