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True glory strikes root, and even extends itself; all false pretensions fall as do flowers, nor can anything feigned be lasting.
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As quoted in Great Catches; or, Grand Matches (1861) by Eleanor Frances Blakiston, p. 82

 

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Of true and false Religion lies the Root.
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With all Its Tempers, forms its real Plan,
The Sheep from Goats distinguishing full well; —
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