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But she named the infant "Pearl," as being of great price-purchased with all she had-her mother's only treasure!

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I wonder that we Americans love our country at all, it having no limits and no oneness; and when you try to…
I used to visit and revisit it a dozen times a day, and stand in deep contemplation over my vegetable progeny with…
Last night, there came a frost, which has done great damage to my garden.... It is sad that Nature will play such…
In the depths of every heart, there is a tomb and a dungeon, though the lights, the music, and revelry above may…
Every young sculptor seems to think that he must give the world some specimen of indecorous womanhood, and call it Eve, Venus,…
I love my mother, but there has been, ever since my boyhood, a sort of coldness of intercourse between us, such as…
Is it a fact-or have I dreamt it-that, by means of electricity, the world of matter has become a great nerve, vibrating…
See! those fiendish lineaments graven on the darkness, the writhed lip of scorn, the mockery of that living eye, the pointed finger,…
It is to the credit of human nature that, except where its selfishness is brought into play, it loves more readily than…
The trees reflected in the river - they are unconscious of a spiritual world so near to them. So are we.
There is no greater bugbear than a strong willed relative in the circle of his own connections.
Articulate words are a harsh clamor and dissonance. When man arrives at his highest perfection, he will again be dumb.

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I would hope that we would not lose the real objective of our cherished opportunities to serve. That objective, that eternal goal,… — Thomas S. Monson
But she named the infant "Pearl," as being of great price-purchased with all she had-her mother's only treasure! — Nathaniel Hawthorne
For precocity some great price is always demanded sooner or later in life. — Margaret Fuller
The young women of today, free to study, to speak, to write, to choose their occupation, should remember that every inch of… — Abigail Scott Duniway
Contentment is a pearl of great price, and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand desires makes a wise and… — John Balguy
I am always interested in designing things that have a great price point attached to it. — Tory Burch
Personality is that which is most intimate to me—that by which I must act out my life. It is that by which I… — Hugh Reginald Haweis
For many years, our Messianic Jewish brothers and sisters have paid a great price. Other Jews have rejected them, and the Christian… — Bill McCartney
The Californians are an idle, thriftless people, and can make nothing for themselves. The country abounds in grapes, yet they buy, at… — Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
How desirable is this simplicity! Who will give it to me? I will quit all else; it is the pearl of great… — Francois Fenelon
The Truth is far more all-encompassing than the mind could ever comprehend. No thought can encapsulate the Truth. At best, it can… — Eckhart Tolle
Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort. — Calvin Coolidge

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