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title: "3 Read Sermon Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [I contend that it's impossible to read the Sermon on the Mount and not come out against capital punishment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-campolo/i-contend-that-it-s-impossible-to-read-the-sermon-on-the-mount-and/)

[Tony Campolo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-campolo/)

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> [I think, whatever mortals crave, With impotent endeavor, A wreath--a rank--a throne--a grave-- The world goes round forever; I think that life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winthrop-mackworth-praed/i-think-whatever-mortals-crave-with-impotent-endeavor-a-wreath-a-rank/)

[Winthrop Mackworth Praed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winthrop-mackworth-praed/)

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> [“The good man never wrote or read a sermon, but talked to his people as one who would meet what was in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/macdonald-george/the-good-man-never-wrote-or-read-a-sermon-but-talked-to-his-people-as/)

[MacDonald George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/macdonald-george/)

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