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Quote by Charles Henry Parkhurst

“We are religious by nature.”

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Charles Henry Parkhurst (April 17, 1842 - September 8, 1933) was an American social reformer known for his work in child welfare and the temperance movement. His career and life experience are not well-documented. more

“Christ took hold of the work of the world's saving in a larger way than it is possible for us to do, and therefore the burden of His undertaking came upon Him in a heavier, wider, and more crushing way than it can come upon us; and therefore, while it overwhelmed Him in sorrow, our smaller mission and lighter task can with entire propriety leave us buoyant and gladsome.”

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“It is all a mistake that we cannot be good and manly without being scrupulously and studiously good. There is too much mechanism about our virtue.”

Mistake Virtue Too Much Goodness Be Good Mechanism Manly

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“Labor is the handmaid of religion.”

Labor Handmaids

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“All true manliness grows around a core of divineness.”

Grows Core Manliness True Man

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“Pity is not enough better than indifference to benefit materially either agent or recipient.”

Enough Benefits Pity Agents Indifference

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“My sin is the black spot which my bad act makes, seen against the disk of the Sun of Righteousness. Hence religion and sin come and go together.”

Together Black Sin Sun Spots Righteousness Comes And Goes Disk

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“Sin spoils the spirit's delicacy, and unwillingness deadens its susceptibility.”

Spirit Sin Spoil Delicacy Susceptibility

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“Every thought was once a poem.”

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“Virtue is safe only when it is inspired.”

Virtue Safe Inspired

Author:Charles Henry Parkhurst

“[On living in New York City:] I'm oblivious to everything. I just don't notice anything. I sat in a coffee shop, drank half a cup of coffee before I noticed there was lipstick on the cup. There was wadded-up gum and lipstick on the napkin. I must have been sitting on that woman's lap for an hour.”

Has Beens Hours Cities Half New York Sitting Coffee Cups Sat Shops New York City Lap Drank Lipstick Coffee Cup Gum Oblivious Coffee Shop Napkins

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