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Affliction is not sent in vain, young man, From that good God, who chastens whom he loves.
Affliction is not sent in vain, young man, From that good God, who chastens whom he loves.
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- Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)
Printed page 12 · quotation 14 · Southey · Madoc in Wales. III. L. 176.
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