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My vocation to preach on paper.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Praise is sunshine; it warms, it inspires, it promotes growth; blame and rebuke are rain and hail; they beat down and bedraggle, even though they may at times be necessary.
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Blame Inspirational Necessary Praise Sunshine Time
It is generally understood that men don’t aspire after the absolute right, but only to do about as well as the rest of the world.
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Man Right Understand World
O, with what freshness, what solemnity and beauty, is each new day born; as if to say to insensate man, “Behold! thou hast one more chance! Strive for immortal glory!
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Beautiful Chance Fresh Glory Immortal Man
Half the misery in the world comes of want of courage to speak and to hear the truth plainly and in a spirit of love.
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Courage Love Misery Spirit Truth World
Sweet souls around us watch us still, press nearer to our side; Into our thoughts, into our prayers, with gentle helpings glide.
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Help Prayer Soul Sweet Thinking
We should remember in our dealings with animals that they are a sacred trust to us from our Heavenly Father. They are dumb and cannot speak for themselves.
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Animal Deal Father Heaven Ourselves Remember
The literature of a people must so ring from the sense of its nationality; and nationality is impossible without self-respect, and self-respect is impossible without liberty.
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Impossible Liberty Literature Nation Natural People Respect
If I am to write, I must have a room to myself, which shall be my room.
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Myself Privacy Room Writing
There are in this world two kinds of natures, – those that have wings, and those that have feet, – the winged and the walking spirits. The walking are the logicians; the winged are the instinctive and poetic.
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Kind Logic Nature Poetry Walk Wings World
O, what an untold world there is in one human heart!
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Heart Human Told World
It lies around us like a cloud- A world we do not see; Yet the sweet closing of an eye May bring us there to be.
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Close Cloud Lying See Sweet
There are griefs which grow with years.
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Grief Growth Time
Intemperance in eating is one of the most fruitful of all causes of disease and death.
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Death Eat Fruit Sick
Money is a great help everywhere; – can’t have too much, if you get it honestly.
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Greatness Help Honesty Money
If we let our friend become cold and selfish and exacting without a remonstrance, we are no true lover, no true friend.
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Cold Friendship Love Selfish True
No ornament of a house can compare with books; they are constant company in a room, even when you are not reading them.
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Compare Home Reading Room Yourself

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