A marble cutter, with chisel and hammer, was changing a stone into a statue. A preacher looking on … - Arthur Tappan Pierson

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The only people who cannot change are the most wise and the most stupid.

Arthur Tappan Pierson

A marble cutter, with chisel and hammer, was changing a stone into a statue. A preacher looking on said: "I wish I could deal such changing blows on stony hearts. " The workman answered: "Maybe you could, if you worked like me, upon your knees. "

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