A Dictionary of Burning Words

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Quotes by Thomas Hughes

3 quotations from Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), with the subject each one is filed under.

Christ's whole life on earth was the assertion and example of true manliness - the setting forth in living act and word what man is meant to be, and how he should carry himself in this world of God - one long campaign in which the "temptation" stands out as the first great battle and victory.— filed under Christ's Life and Ministry
From behind the shadow of the still small voice - more awful than tempest or earthquake - more sure and persistent than day and night - is always sounding full of hope and strength to the weariest of us all, "Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."— filed under Christ the Leader
The conscience of every man recognizes courage as the foundation of manliness, and manliness as the perfection of human character.— filed under Manliness
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