Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the gre…

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Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm. ✨ History of Logan County and Ohio by O.L. Baskin, (p. 577), 1880.
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Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm. ✨ History of Logan County and Ohio by O.L. Baskin, (p. 577), 1880.

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