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• Mounting toward the upland again, I pause reverently, as the hush and stillness of twilight come upon the woods. It is the… — John Burroughs
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• All religions are inconsistent with mental freedom. Shakespeare is my bible, Burns my hymn-book. — Robert Green Ingersoll
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• It has been said that a bride's attitude towards her betrothed can be summed up in three words: Aisle. Alter. Hymn. — Frank Muir
• If we can choose where to cry, at home or with a few people who will be fully understanding, perhaps we will… — Martha Whitmore Hickman
• The tune was too ingrained for Mortenson to consider the novelty of this moment- an American, lost in Pakistan, singing a German… — Greg Mortenson
• In my opinion, the trombone is the true head of the family of wind instruments, which I have named the 'epic' one.… — Hector Berlioz
• May we now all rise and sing the eternal school hymn: "Attack. Attack. Attack Attack Attack!" — Danny Baker
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• The fineness which a hymn or psalm affords / If when the soul unto the lines accords. — George Herbert

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