Exertion Quote by William Wilberforce

“Bountiful as is the hand of Providence, its gifts are not so bestowed as to seduce us into indolence, but to rouse us to exertion.” quote by William Wilberforce — Download Open image

“Bountiful as is the hand of Providence, its gifts are not so bestowed as to seduce us into indolence, but to rouse us to exertion.”

William Wilberforce

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