“The human heart is a roaring forge where night and day the smiths are busy fashioning swords and silver cups, mitres and engine-wheels, the tools of *labor, and the gauds of precedence.”

—  Frank Crane

Four Minute Essays Vol. 5 (1919), The Human Heart

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American Presbyterian minister 1861–1928

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