"As "unkindness has no remedy at law," let its avoidance be with you a point of honor."

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“If our Creator has so bountifully provided for our existence here, which is but momentary, and for our temporal wants, which will soon be forgotten, how much more must He have done for our enjoyment in the everlasting world?”

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