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“There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet; but we are shut up to them, and so they bring us nothing, but sit and sing awhile upon the roof, and then fly away.”
 
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Henry Ward Beecher
 
Nationality:   American
 
Date of Birth:   Jun 24, 1813
 
Date of Death:   Mar 8,  1887
 
Profession:   Clergyman
 
 
 
 
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