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Joseph John Gurney, Thoughts on Habit and Discipline, sixth edition (London: Hamilton, Adams, and Co., 1852), ch. I, sec. III, "On Passive Impressions and Active Principles," p. 53

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Afflictions operating on our unsubdued hearts, have a natural tendency to excite a murmuring spirit; but as the mind is steadily turned in submission towards its Creator, the pain of the chastisement gradually diminishes…

Joseph John Gurney · Joseph John Gurney, Thoughts on Habit and Discipline, sixth edition (London: Hamilton, Adams, and Co., 1852), ch. I, sec. III, "On Passive Impressions and Active Principles," p. 53
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