Has beens Quotes by Edwin Hubbel Chapin

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Edwin Hubbel Chapin compiles nine short reflections that address the lingering presence of former states. While the set is small, it provides a straightforward glimpse into his view of the past.

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There have been men who could play delightful music on one string of the violin, but there never was a man who…

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Do not ask if a man has been through college; ask if a college has been through him; if he is a…

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In the history of man it has been very generally the case that when evils have grown insufferable they have touched the…

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The brightest crowns that are worn in heaven have been tried, and smelted, and polished and glorified through the furnaces of tribulation.

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The devil has been painted swarthy, cloven-footed, horned, and hideous. Do we expect to see him in that shape? O, surely it…

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Truth is new, as well as old. It has new forms; and where you may find a new statement, an earnest statement,…

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Man gains wider dominion by his intellect than by his right arm. The mustard-seed of thought is a pregnant treasury of vast…

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The greatest successes grow out of great failures. In numerous instances the result is better that comes after a series of abortive…

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Always the idea of unbroken quiet broods around the grave. It is a port where the storms of life never beat, and…

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Life, whether in this world or any other, is the sum of our attainment, our experience, our character. The conditions are secondary. In what…

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No man knows the genuineness of his convictions until he has sacrificed something for them.

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Our life is what we make it. An insignificant game or a noble trial; a dream or a reality; a play of the senses…

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Setting is preliminary to brighter rising; decay is a process of advancement; death is the condition of higher and more fruitful life.

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Life itself suggests a higher good than life itself can yield.

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A true man never frets about his place in the world, but just slides into it by the gravitation of his nature, and swings…

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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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The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.

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Can you conceive of anything that so represents the glory, and truth, and marvelousness of God's nature as the idea of peace?

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The gospel has but a forced alliance with war. Its doctrine of human brotherhood would ring strangely between the opposed ranks. The bellowing speech…

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