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One murder made a villain,
Millions, a hero.
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War its thousands slays, Peace, its ten thousands.
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In sober state,
Through the sequestered vale of rural life,
The venerable patriarch guileless held
The tenor of his way.
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Teach him how to live,
And, oh! still harder lesson! how to die.
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The joy resulting from the diffusion of blessings to all around us is the purest and sublimest that can ever enter the human mind, and can be conceived only by those who have experienced it. Next to the consolations of divine grace, it is the most sovereign balm to the miseries of life, both in him who is the object of it, and in him who exercises it.
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
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Born:
May 8, 1731
Died:
May 13, 1809
(aged 78)
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Beilby Porteus, successively Bishop of Chester and of London was a Church of England reformer and a leading abolitionist in England. He was the first Anglican in a position of authority to seriously challenge the Church's position on slavery.
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