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"Affliction comes to us all, not to make us sad, but sober; not to make us worry, but wise ... It is a trial that proves one thing weak and another strong ... A cobweb is as good as the mightiest cable when there is no strain upon it."

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Affliction

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About Henry Ward Beecher

Henry Ward Beecher was an American Congregationalist clergyman and public speaker. He was a leading abolitionist voice before and during the American Civil War.

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