John Greenleaf Whittier A Dream of Summer
A Dream of Summer, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Glory follows afflictions, not as the day follows the night but as the spring follows the winter; for the winter prepares the earth for the spring, so do afflictions sanctified prepare the soul for glory.”
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