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Theodore Parker Quotes about Loss

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It is vain to trust in wrong; as much of evil, so much of loss, is the formula of human history.

It is vain to trust in wrong; as much of evil, so much of loss, is the formula of human history.

Theodore Parker
Loss, Evil, Vain
Theodore Parker (1867). “The Collected Works of Theodore Parker: Sermons. Prayers”, p.50

Mankind never loses any good thing, physical, intellectual, or moral, till it finds a better, and then the loss is a gain. No steps backward is the rule of human history. What is gained by one man is invested in all men, and is a permanent investment for all time.

Theodore Parker
Loss, Men, Intellectual
Theodore Parker (1872). “The Collected Works of Theodore Parker: Lessons from the world of matter and the world of man”, p.221

The whole sum and substance of human history may be reduced to this maxim: that when man departs from the divine means of reaching the divine end, he suffers harm and loss.

Theodore Parker
Mean, Loss, Men
Theodore Parker (1865). “Lessons from the World of Matter and the World of Man”, p.84

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