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> [Of history, how little do we know by personal contact; we have lived a few years, seen a few men, witnessed some important events; but what are these in the whole sum of the world's past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-simpson/of-history-how-little-do-we-know-by-personal-contact-we-have-lived-a/)

[Matthew Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-simpson/)

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## More by Matthew Simpson

> [I rejoice that the reign of Christ is such, while it thrills the soul with emotions, and opens before the highest intellect the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-simpson/i-rejoice-that-the-reign-of-christ-is-such-while-it-thrills-the-soul/)

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> [If you live for pleasure, your ability to enjoy it may pass away and your senses grow dim.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-simpson/if-you-live-for-pleasure-your-ability-to-enjoy-it-may-pass-away-and/)

[Matthew Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-simpson/)

> [Washington and the elder Napoleon. Both were brave men; both were true men; both loved their country and dared to expose their lives for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-simpson/washington-and-the-elder-napoleon-both-were-brave-men-both-were-true/)

[Matthew Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-simpson/)

> [Wherever public worship has been established and regularly aintained, idolatry has vanished from the face of the earth. There is not now a temple…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-simpson/wherever-public-worship-has-been-established-and-regularly-aintained/)

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> [We know the past and its great events, the present in its multitudinous complications, chiefly through faith in the testimony of others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-simpson/we-know-the-past-and-its-great-events-the-present-in-its/)

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> [Passing into practical life, illustrations of this fact are found everywhere; the distant, or the unseen, steadies and strengthens us against the rapid whirl…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-simpson/passing-into-practical-life-illustrations-of-this-fact-are-found/)

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> [Not in purity or in holiness merely, for in Paradise man was holy, and he shall be holy when redeemed through the sacrifice of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-simpson/not-in-purity-or-in-holiness-merely-for-in-paradise-man-was-holy-and/)

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> [Angels are spirits, flames of fire; they are higher than man, they have wider connections.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-simpson/angels-are-spirits-flames-of-fire-they-are-higher-than-man-they-have/)

[Matthew Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-simpson/)

> [Man wants to be reconciled to God; wants to know that the past is forgiven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-simpson/man-wants-to-be-reconciled-to-god-wants-to-know-that-the-past-is/)

[Matthew Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-simpson/)

> [There is a contest old as Eden, which still goes on - the conflict between right and wrong, between error and truth. In this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-simpson/there-is-a-contest-old-as-eden-which-still-goes-on-the-conflict/)

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> [Mr. Lincoln's elevation shows that in America every station in life may be honorable; that there is no barrier against the humblest; but that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-simpson/mr-lincoln-s-elevation-shows-that-in-america-every-station-in-life/)

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> [If an honest man is the noblest work of God, then Mr. Lincoln's title to high nobility is clear and unquestioned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-simpson/if-an-honest-man-is-the-noblest-work-of-god-then-mr-lincoln-s-title/)

[Matthew Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-simpson/)

> [The name of Abraham Lincoln is imperishable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-simpson/the-name-of-abraham-lincoln-is-imperishable/)

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> [Nor was it only from the millions of slaves that chains had been removed; the whole nation had been in bondage; free speech had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-simpson/nor-was-it-only-from-the-millions-of-slaves-that-chains-had-been/)

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> [His throne is the pulpit. He stands in Christ's stead. His message is the Word of God. Around him are immortal souls. The Savior,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-simpson/his-throne-is-the-pulpit-he-stands-in-christ-s-stead-his-message-is/)

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