On the record
Men are judged there not by what they are and are to be, but by what they can now do.
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Henry Ward Beecher
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gutenberg.orgHenry Ward Beecher: “Men are judged there not by what they are and are to be, but by what they can now do.”
Editor's note · Context
Beecher reflects on the nature of judgment based on current abilities rather than potential.
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