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A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.

Henry Ward Beecher

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Flower Happiness Shine Sun Tree Wide World
The Bible is God’s chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Bible Bottom God Reach Sea Yourself
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Excuse Hold Responsibility Standard Yourself
A world without a Sabbath would be like a man without a smile, like summer without flowers, and like a homestead without a garden. It is the most joyous day of the week.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Day Flower Garden Happiness Home Man Smile Summer Week World
Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.
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Bad Goodness Influence
I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more.
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Doctor More Sun Thinking
A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books.
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Book Growth Honor Library
What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Generosity Lost Myself
Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Ground Man Reach Sky Touch
Some people are proud of their humility.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Humility People Proud
To the great tree-loving fraternity we belong. We love trees with universal and unfeigned love, and all things that do grow under them or around them – the whole leaf and root tribe.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Greatness Leaves Love Tribe Universal
Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Excuse Home Religion Spread
If you are idle, you are on the road to ruin; and there are few stopping-places upon it. It is rather a precipice than a road
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Place Road Ruin Yourself
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Himself Poor Rich
The meanest thing in the world is the devil.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Devil Mean World
The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor, and no person can tell what becomes of his or her influence and example.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Blossom Example Influence Person

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