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Destruction has been swift; let your gifts be swift also.
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
He urges prompt action in response to disaster, paralleling the speed of destruction.
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In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
Confessing the Fatherhood of God, and the consequent Brotherhood of Man, we find a divine standard of unquestionable accuracy.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
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