Crawford, Francis quote - To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself....

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...and tremble at the crossroads in doubt of the right way, may I wait and be led by thee, and follow on, even if the way be dark and rough. May I be faithful and have thy presence as thou promised at the end. Amen.

FEBRUARY SIXTH
Queen Anne of England born 1665.
Aaron Burr born 1756.
Sir Henry Irving born 1838.
Nothing earthly will make me give up my work in despair. I encourage myself in the Lord my God and go forward.
--David Livingstone.
To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.
--Marion Crawford.
I do not see how any man can afford, for the sake of his nerves and his nap, to spare any action in which he can partake.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Art is a jealous mistress, she requires the whole man.
--Michael Angelo.
Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
--1 Corinthians 16. 13.
Almighty God, help me to have true conceptions, that my life may not be secured to needless purposes. May my soul... Crawford, Francis

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