All outward means of grace, if separate from the spirit of God, cannot profit, or conduce, in any degree, either to the… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
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Feeling well that breathed words Would all be lost, unheard, and vain as swords Against the enchased crocodile, or leaps Of grasshoppers… — John Keats Copy Share Image
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Complaints are vain; we will try to. do better another time. To-morrow and to-morrow. A few designs and a few failures, and… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
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