“The Lord's visitations of distinguished favor are always to the diligent. That great men may not be ashamed of honest vocations, the greatest that have ever lived have been contented, happy, and honored while in the pursuit of humble trades.”

— Elias Lyman Magoon

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 346.

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American minister 1810–1886

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