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William Wilberforce Quotes: As much pains were taken to make me idle as were ever taken to make me studious.
         

As much pains were taken to make me idle as were ever taken to make me studious.


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We are too young to realize that certain things are impossible... So we will do them anyway.



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May God enable me to have a single eye and a simple heart, desiring to please God, to do good to my fellow creatures, and testify my gratitude to my adorable Redeemer.



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Of all things, guard against neglecting God in the secret place of prayer.



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Africa, your sufferings have been the theme that has arrested & engaged my heart.



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The objects of the present life fill the human eye with a false magnification because of their immediacy.





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