"Great occasions rally great principles, and brace the mind to a lofty bearing, a bearing that is even above itself. But trials that make no occasion at all, leave it to show the goodness and beauty it has in its own disposition. And here precisely is the superhuman glory of Christ as a character, that He is just as perfect, exhibits just as great a spirit in little trials as in great ones."
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Horace Bushnell
Horace Bushnell (14 April 1802 – 17 February 1876) was an American Congregational clergyman and theologian.
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