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Christianity is simply the ideal form of manhood represented to us by Jesus Christ.

Henry Ward Beecher

The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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Day Morning Time
It is not when the cable lies coiled up on the deck that you know how strong or how weak it is; it is when it is put to the test.
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Deck Strong Test Weakness
Walking humbly, you are more of a man than you were when you walked proudly.
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Humble Man Proud Walk Yourself
As warmth makes even glaciers trickle, and opens streams in the ribs of frozen mountains, so the heart knows the full flow and life of its grief only when it begins to melt and pass away.
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Away Beginning Grief Open Pass Stream Trickle
The law is a battery, which protects all that is behind it, but sweeps with destruction all that is outside.
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Battery Destruction Law Outside Protection
Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
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Beautiful Book Furniture Home
We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.
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Children Family Love Parents
Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home.
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Excuse Home Religion Spread
We let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses.
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Blessing Call Curse Name
Blessed are they who know how to shine on one’s gloom with their cheer.
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Blessing Cheer Gloom Shine
To do good work a man should no doubt be industrious. To do great work he must certainly be idle a well.
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Doubt Goodness Himself Industry Work
Be a hard master to yourself – and be lenient to everybody else.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Hard Master Yourself
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
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
Our government is built upon the vote. But votes that are purchasable are quicksands, and a government built on them stands upon corruption and revolution.
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Corruption Government Ourselves Revolution Stand Vote
We go to the grave of a friend saying, “A man is dead,” but angels throng about him saying, “A man is born.”
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Angel Born Death Friendship Grave Man

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