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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.

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Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.
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God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm.
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Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies… To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.
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The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
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