It is the veiled angel of sorrow who plucks away one thing and another that bound us here … - Edwin Hubbel Chapin

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In the same spirit, when the automobile arrived, there were those that declared the horse to be the most perfect form of locomotion.

Edwin Hubbel Chapin

It is the veiled angel of sorrow who plucks away one thing and another that bound us here in ease and security, and, in the vanishing of these dear objects, indicates the true home of our affections and our peace.

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Every action in our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.

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Courage is always greatest when blended with meekness; intellectual ability is most admirable when it sparkles in the setting of a modest self-distrust; and never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.

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There is but a slight difference between the man who may be said to know nothing and him who thinks he knows everything.

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