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If any young man reads this Book aright, he becomes large-hearted. He cannot hold his soul within the narrow bound of his ribs, but his great heart looks out to see where it can scatter benefits.
If any young man reads this Book aright, he becomes large-hearted. He cannot hold his soul within the narrow bound of his ribs, but his great heart looks out to see where it can scatter benefits.
Approximate author period: c. 1863 AD · industrial
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- Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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- Approximate author period: c. 1863 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period evidence for Charles Spurgeon: life dates 1834 to 1892. Wikidata Q278825, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q278825 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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