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Many a good ship has gone down through a small flaw in her timbers, or a little carelessness on the part of the helmsman. Many a great man has gone to his ruin, disgrace and perdition through a little sin that has sapped the foundation of his physical and moral nature. It is not the crimes that outrage all ideas of decency -that tempt men to their destruction, but the soft siren of personal gratification lures them to the reefs. “Watch the heart,” says Solomon, ‘for out of it are the issues of life.” A man with a rotten heart can
no more be great than a pigmy can develop into a giant. You can’t grow any bigger than your weakness. The man who indulges in secret vice may soar for a while, but is as sure of a drop as the sun is to rise.
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Northland Age, Volume 1, Issue 10, 11 December 1931, Page 8
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148QUIT IT Northland Age, Volume 1, Issue 10, 11 December 1931, Page 8
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