He who has no vision of eternity has no hold on time.
THOMAS CARLYLE
THOMAS CARLYLE
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Now let us thank th’ eternal power, convinced That Heaven but tries our virtue by affliction: That oft the cloud that wraps the present hour Serves but to brighten all our future days.
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