The end of man is an action, and not a thought, though it were the noblest.
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Thomas Carlyle Quote
“The older I grow—and I now stand upon the brink of eternity—the more comes back to me that sentence in the Catechism which I learned when a child, and the fuller and deeper its meaning becomes, "What is the chief end of man? To glorify God and enjoy Him forever."”
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