C. T. Studd (1860–1931) British cricketer and missionary
The Chocolate Soldier ( text at Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22331)
“Expect great things from God; attempt great things for God.”
As quoted in The Baptist Herald and Friend of Africa (October 1842) and "The Missionary Herald" in The Baptist Magazine Vol. 35 (January 1843), p. 41
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http://books.google.com/books?id=lM5PQRHMNFwC&q=%22Deus+dona+hominibus+videre+in+parvo+communes+notitias+rerum+parvarum+atque+magnarum%22&pg=PR19#v=onepage
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