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> [The day of our decease will be that of our coming of age; and with our last breath we shall become free of the universe. And in some region of infinity, and from among its splendors, this earth will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mountford/the-day-of-our-decease-will-be-that-of-our-coming-of-age-and-with-our/)

[William Mountford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mountford/)

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> [This earth will be looked back on like a lowly home, and this life of ours be remembered like a short apprenticeship to duty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mountford/this-earth-will-be-looked-back-on-like-a-lowly-home-and-this-life-of/)

[William Mountford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mountford/)

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## More by William Mountford

> [Where is the subject that does not branch out into infinity? For every grain of sand is a mystery; so is every daisy in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mountford/where-is-the-subject-that-does-not-branch-out-into-infinity-for-every/)

[William Mountford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mountford/)

> [O it is a happy thing to feel ourselves helpless and naught, for then the presence of God is felt to wrap us about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mountford/o-it-is-a-happy-thing-to-feel-ourselves-helpless-and-naught-for-then/)

[William Mountford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mountford/)

> [God would never have let us long for our friends with such a strong and holy love, if they were not waiting for us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mountford/god-would-never-have-let-us-long-for-our-friends-with-such-a-strong/)

[William Mountford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mountford/)

> [Ownership in the world I have none, but I have an infinite interest in it; for if not my own it is my God's;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mountford/ownership-in-the-world-i-have-none-but-i-have-an-infinite-interest-in/)

[William Mountford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mountford/)

> [It is not in the bright, happy day, but only in the solemn night, that other worlds are to be seen shining in their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mountford/it-is-not-in-the-bright-happy-day-but-only-in-the-solemn-night-that/)

[William Mountford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mountford/)

> [Only let us love God, and then nature will compass us about like a cloud of Divine witnesses; and all influences from the earth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mountford/only-let-us-love-god-and-then-nature-will-compass-us-about-like-a/)

[William Mountford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mountford/)

> [I do not say the mind gets informed by action, — bodily action; but it does get earnestness and strength by it, and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mountford/i-do-not-say-the-mind-gets-informed-by-action-bodily-action-but-it/)

[William Mountford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mountford/)

> [To understand at all what life means, one must begin with Christian belief. And I think knowledge may be sorrow with a man unless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mountford/to-understand-at-all-what-life-means-one-must-begin-with-christian/)

[William Mountford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mountford/)

> [To commiserate is sometimes more than to give, for money is external to a man's self, but he who bestows compassion communicates his own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mountford/to-commiserate-is-sometimes-more-than-to-give-for-money-is-external/)

[William Mountford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mountford/)

> [The day of our decease will be that of our coming of age; and with our last breath we shall become free of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mountford/the-day-of-our-decease-will-be-that-of-our-coming-of-age-and-with-our/)

[William Mountford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mountford/)

> [It is from out of the depths of our humility that the height of our destiny looks grandest. Let me truly feel that in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mountford/it-is-from-out-of-the-depths-of-our-humility-that-the-height-of-our/)

[William Mountford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mountford/)

> [No martyr ever went the way of duty, and felt the shadow of death upon it. The shadow of death is darkest in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mountford/no-martyr-ever-went-the-way-of-duty-and-felt-the-shadow-of-death-upon/)

[William Mountford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mountford/)

> [Yes, death, the hourly possibility of it, death is the sublimity of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mountford/yes-death-the-hourly-possibility-of-it-death-is-the-sublimity-of-life/)

[William Mountford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mountford/)

> [There is no burden of the spirit but is lightened by kneeling under it. Little by little, the bitterest feelings are sweetened by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mountford/there-is-no-burden-of-the-spirit-but-is-lightened-by-kneeling-under/)

[William Mountford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mountford/)

> [The second childhood of a saint is the early infancy of a happy immortality, as we believe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mountford/the-second-childhood-of-a-saint-is-the-early-infancy-of-a-happy/)

[William Mountford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mountford/)

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