Quotemeal: Oct. 12th, 1959

Monday, October 12, 1959

"The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops — no, but the kind of man the country turns out."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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"If I am not [in a state of grace], God bring me there; if I am, God keep me there!"
Joan of Arc
"Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation."
"We find not in the Gospel, that Christ hath anywhere provided for the uniformity of churches, but only for their unity."
"We are because He is."

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Illustration of Ralph Waldo Emerson — "The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops — no, but the kind of man the country turns out."

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