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A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better.

A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better.

Henry Ward Beecher
Christian, War, School
Henry Ward Beecher (1859). “Summer in the soul; or, Views and experiences”, p.239

Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong.

Henry Ward Beecher
Strong, War, School
henry ward beecher (1858). “life thoughts,”, p.35

Theology is but a science of applied to God. As schools change theology must necessarily change. Truth is everlasting, but our ideas of truth are not. Theology is but our ideas of truth classified and arranged.

Henry Ward Beecher
School, Ideas, Truth Is
Henry Ward Beecher (1866). “Royal truths”, p.53

There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books.

Henry Ward Beecher
Book, School, Intelligent
Henry Ward Beecher, William Drysdale (1887). “Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit”

We know that the gifts which men have do not come from the schools. If a man is a plain, literal, factual man, you can make a great deal more of him in his own line by education than without education, just as you can make a great deal more of a potato if you cultivate it than if you do not; but no cultivation in this world will ever make an apple out of a potato.

Henry Ward Beecher
Education, School, Men
Henry Ward Beecher (1866). “Royal truths”, p.114

Every city should make the common school so rich, so large, so ample, so beautiful in its endowments, and so fruitful in its results, that a private school will not be able to live under the drip of it.

Henry Ward Beecher
Beautiful, Education, School
Henry Ward Beecher, William Drysdale (1887). “Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit”

The common schools are the stomachs of the country in which all people that come to us are assimilated within a generation. When a lion eats an ox, the lion does not become an ox but the ox becomes a lion.

Henry Ward Beecher
Country, School, People

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