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... lives are too often begun in shadow and ended in darkness worse than death - there is now a means offered to them by which they may accom- plish their desire ; a link ready to their hand which may bind them to those whom they might ...
... lives are too often begun in shadow and ended in darkness worse than death - there is now a means offered to them by which they may accom- plish their desire ; a link ready to their hand which may bind them to those whom they might ...
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... live still in the charmed region of incoherency , and are able to understand one another when they talk sense or nonsense , when they say what they mean , or make slips of the tongue , when they are grave or gay , sober or silly . And ...
... live still in the charmed region of incoherency , and are able to understand one another when they talk sense or nonsense , when they say what they mean , or make slips of the tongue , when they are grave or gay , sober or silly . And ...
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... , help and usefulness must follow . Are there no girls of your own age , working as dressmakers , or in shops , from morning to night , whose lives you might not do something to cheer and brighten ? AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION . 29.
... , help and usefulness must follow . Are there no girls of your own age , working as dressmakers , or in shops , from morning to night , whose lives you might not do something to cheer and brighten ? AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION . 29.
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... lives of say -one or two girls in the station below her , we should see the reform of a wide - spread evil which has ... live in the country . She had once asked her mother about this work , but Mrs. Pemberton , looking ex- tremely ...
... lives of say -one or two girls in the station below her , we should see the reform of a wide - spread evil which has ... live in the country . She had once asked her mother about this work , but Mrs. Pemberton , looking ex- tremely ...
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... lives - lives less happy , less blest than her own . And God would accept all her young life as an offering laid at His feet : all her mirth , and her brightness , and her smiles . There was no need to look grave when she thought of Him ...
... lives - lives less happy , less blest than her own . And God would accept all her young life as an offering laid at His feet : all her mirth , and her brightness , and her smiles . There was no need to look grave when she thought of Him ...
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