Sad will be the day for every man when he becomes absolutely contented…

Phillips Brooks
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Sad will be the day for every man when he becomes absolutely contented with the life that he is living, with the thoughts that he is thinking, with the deeds that he is doing, when there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some great desire to do something larger, which he knows that he was meant and made to do because he is the child of God. ✨ Addresses.
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