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Kindness is not like a barter, so much for so much; or so much by contract, and my duty done. But kindness is like a righteousness or like a worship, not done unless it be done all I can. For the heart must run forth without measure like a child, and kindness be wound around like a child's arms about the neck, not by measure, but as tightly and as long as they can be.

James Vila Blake

James Vila Blake

James Vila Blake

Born: January 21, 1842

Died: April 28, 1925 (aged 83)

Bio: James Vila Blake was an American Unitarian minister, essayist, playwright and hymn writer and poet.

Known for:

Manual Training in Education (1886)
Sonnets from Marcus Aurelius
Happiness from Thoughts and Other Sermons (1891)

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