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John Selden Quotes: If the prisoner should ask the judge whether he would be content to be hanged, were he in his case, he would answer no. Then, says the prisoner, do as you would be done to.
         

If the prisoner should ask the judge whether he would be content to be hanged, were he in his case, he would answer no. Then, says the prisoner, do as you would be done to.


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There is no book on which we can rest in a dying moment but the Bible.

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The happiness of married life depends upon making small sacrifices with readiness and cheerfulness.



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