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And he is to be estimated by his capacity of receiving, not of doing.
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Henry Ward Beecher
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gutenberg.orgHenry Ward Beecher: “And he is to be estimated by his capacity of receiving, not of doing.”
Editor's note · Context
Beecher posits that a person's worth should be measured by their capacity to receive rather than their ability to act.
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