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“Soon we shall be up there with Christ. God did not mean us to be happy without Him; but God would first have us to be witnesses for Him down here, to hold out as much light as we can.”

Quote by George Wigram

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George Wigram, born on March 29, 1805, and died on February 1, 1879, was a British linguist and sinologist. He made significant contributions to the study of Chinese, particularly known for his English translation of the Kangxi Dictionary. more

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