"Idleness is emptiness; the tree in which the sap is stagnant, remains fruitless."
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Manuscript, Sermons; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 384.
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Hosea Ballou
Hosea Ballou (30 April 1771 β 7 June 1852) was an American Universalist clergyman and theological writer.
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