Quotemeal: Sep. 4th, 1956

Tuesday, September 4, 1956

"Train up a fig tree in the way it should go, and when you are old sit under the shade of it."
— Charles Dickens

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Illustration of Charles Dickens — "Train up a fig tree in the way it should go, and when you are old sit under the shade of it."

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Quotemeal is a daily dose of Christian quotes to inspire and encourage.