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Duty performed gives clearness and firmness to faith, and faith thus strengthened through duty becomes the more assured and satisfying to the soul.Tryon Edwards
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One of the great lessons the fall of the leaf teaches, is this: do your work well and then be ready to depart when God shall call.Tryon Edwards
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Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws - a thing which can never be demonstrated.Tryon Edwards
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Any act often repeated soon forms a habit; and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it may be but as a spider's web, easily broken through, but if not resisted it soon binds us with chains of steel.Tryon Edwards
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Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven.Tryon Edwards
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Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread; they may satisfy appetite for the moment, but there is death in them at the end.Tryon Edwards
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Seek happiness for its own sake, and you will not find it; seek for duty, and happiness will follow as the shadow comes with the sunshine.Tryon Edwards
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Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.Tryon Edwards
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Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.Tryon Edwards
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High aims form high characters, and great objects bring out great minds.Tryon Edwards
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To rule one's anger is well to prevent it is better.Tryon Edwards