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The truest help we can render an afflicted man is not to take his

The truest help we can render an afflicted man is not to take his burden from him, but to call out his best energy, that he may be able to bear the burden. – Phillips Brooks

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The earth has grown old with its burden of care, but at Christmas it always is young, the heart of the jewel burns lustrous and fair, and its soul full of music breaks the air, when the song of angels is sung. – Phillips Brooks

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Stand up, on this Thanksgiving Day, stand upon your feet. Believe in man. Soberly and with clear eyes, believe in your own time and place. There is not, and there never has been a better time, or a better place to live in. – Phillips Brooks

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Slow help is no help. – Proverb

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There is nothing wrong in using people. The success never uses people except to their advantage. – Mark Caine

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Always try to do something for the other fellow and you will be agreeably surprised how things come your way — how many pleasing things are done for you. – Claude M. Bristol

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It is in the shelter of each other that the people live. – Proverb

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