Cotton Mather Quotes

A Good School deserves to be call'd, the very Salt of the Town, that hath it.

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Ah! destructive Ignorance, what shall be done to chase thee out of the World!

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Families are the Nurseries of all Societies; and the First combinations of mankind.

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History is the story of events, with praise or blame.

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Our opportunities to do good are our talents.

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There may be some so very Ignorant, that they know not how to Pray.

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What Must I Do to Be Saved? It is impossible to ask a more weighty Question! It is deplorable that we hear it asked with no more Frequency, with nor more Agony.

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