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Be still, then, thou uneasy mortal; know that God is unerringly wise; and be assured that, amidst the greatest multiplicity of beings, He does not overlook thee. - [Wisdom] Divine love is a sacred flower, which in its early bud is happiness, and in its full bloom is heaven. - [Love] God in tender indulgence to our different dispositions; has strewed the Bible with flowers, dignified it with wonders, and enriched it with delight. - [Bible] Religion gives a dignity to distress. - [Religion] Silence holds the door against the strife of tongue and all the impertinences of idle conversation. - [Silence] The heavens are nobly eloquent of the Deity, and the most magnificent heralds of their Maker's praise. - [Sky] Every leaf is a spacious plain; every line a flowing brook; every period a lofty mountain. - A Descant Upon Creation [Bible] The ocean is the grand vehicle of trade, and the uniter of distant nations. To us it is peculiarly kind, not only as it wafts into our ports the harvests of every climate, and renders our island the centre of traffic, but also as it secures us from foreign invasion by a sort of impregnable intrenchment. - Reflections on a Flower Garden [England]
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