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The Divine government of the world is like a stream that rolls under us; men are only as bubbles that rise on its surface; some are brighter and larger, and sparkle longer in the sun than others; but all must break; whilst the mighty current rolls on in its wonted majesty!

— David Thomas Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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Amusements are to religion like breezes of air to the flame; gentle ones will fan it, but strong ones will put it out.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

Unselfish and noble acts are the most radiant epochs in the biography of souls.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

Every sinful act is another cord woven into that mighty cable of habit, which binds the spirit to the throne of darkness.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

How free from every thing like art were the reasonings and language of Christ.

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A great man, I take it, is a man so inspired and permeated with the ideas of God and the Christly spirit as to be too magnanimous for vengeance, and too unselfish to seek his own ends.

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