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God hides some ideal in every human soul. At some time in our life we feel a trembling, fearful longing to do some good thing. Life finds its noblest spring of excellence in this hidden impulse to do our best.

— Robert Collyer

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Source: The Fear of God. A Sermon: Preached in Unity Church, Chicago, on Sunday Morning, November 9, 1862 (Chicago: Tribune Book and Job Steam Printing Office, 1862) p. 14
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