Quotemeal: Nov. 12th, 2009

Thursday, November 12, 2009

"Unless there is within us that which is above us, we shall soon yield to that which is about us."
— P.T. Forsyth

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Illustration of P.T. Forsyth — "Unless there is within us that which is above us, we shall soon yield to that which is about us."

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