Accumulation Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

“It is a bitter thought to an avaricious spirit that by and by all these accumulations must be left behind. We can only carry away from this world the flavor of our good or evil deeds.” quote by Henry Ward Beecher — Download Open image

“It is a bitter thought to an avaricious spirit that by and by all these accumulations must be left behind. We can only carry away from this world the flavor of our good or evil deeds.”

Henry Ward Beecher

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