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The object of preaching is, constantly to remind mankind of what mankind are constantly forgetting; not to supply the defects of human intelligence, but to fortify the feebleness of human resolutions.
Sydney Smith
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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Born:
June 3, 1771
Died:
February 22, 1845
(aged 73)
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