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Lyman Abbott
American
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It is easy to condemn, it is better to pity.
Lyman Abbott,
American
Author
#Pity
The very essence of rationalism is that it assumes that the reason is the highest faculty in man and the lord of all the rest.
Lyman Abbott,
American
Author
#Reason
#Man
#Rest
The highest qualities of character... must be earned.
Lyman Abbott,
American
Author
#Character
Patience is passion tamed.
Lyman Abbott,
American
Author
#Patience
#Passion
I cannot harness a horse. I am afraid of a cow.
Lyman Abbott,
American
Author
I abhor a hoe. I am fond of flowers but not of dirt, and had rather buy them than cultivate them.
Lyman Abbott,
American
Author
#Flowers
Every life is march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.
Lyman Abbott,
American
Author
#Life
#Virtue
#Innocence
#March
#Temptation
#Vice
Every life is a march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.
Lyman Abbott,
American
Author
#Life
#Virtue
#Innocence
#March
#Temptation
#Vice
A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice- but as yet unstained.
Lyman Abbott,
American
Author
#Possibilities
#Virtue
#Vice
#Infinite
Religion is not a conclusion of the reason.
Lyman Abbott,
American
Author
#Reason
#Religion