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Hosea Ballou was an American writer known for his religious and philosophical works. Born on April 30, 1771, in Northampton, Massachusetts, he spent much of his life advocating for spiritual freedom and social reform. His most famous work, 'The Book of Mormon', was published posthumously in 1852. Ballou's writings had a significant impact on the religious and social landscape of his time.

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“That alone can be called true refinement which elevates the soul of man, purifying the manners by improving the intellect.”

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“A true religious instinct never deprived man of one single joy; mournful faces and a sombre aspect are the conventional affectations of the weak-minded.”

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“Man, being not only a religious, but also a social being, requires for the promotion of his rational happiness religious institutions, which, while they give a proper direction to devotion, at the same time make a wise and profitable improvement of his social feelings.”

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Book:Select sermons: delivered on various occasions from important passages of Scripture

Source: Select sermons: delivered on various occasions from important passages of Scripture

“If we are at peace with God and our own conscience, what enemy among men need we fear?”

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“Of all the ingenious mistakes into which erring man has fallen, perhaps none have been so pernicious in their consequences, or have brought so many evils into the world, as the popular opinion that the way of the transgressor is pleasant and easy.”

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“No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his work.”

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“Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul; and the heart of man knoweth none more fragrant.”

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“If gratitude is due from children to their earthly parent, how much more is the gratitude of the great family of men due to our father in heaven.”

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“The act of divine worship is the inestimable privilege of man, the only created being who bows in humility and adoration.”

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“It is very questionable, in my mind, how far we have the right to judge one of another, since there is born within every man the germs of both virtue and vice. The development of one or the other is contingent upon circumstances.”

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