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Fables, like parables, are more ancient than formal arguments and are often the most effective means of presenting and impressing both truth and duty.

Tryon Edwards

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Tryon Edwards (7 August 1809 - 4 January 1894) was an American theologian, author. and minister of the Second Congregational Church in New London, Connecticut, from 1845 to 1857, after having served in Rochester, New York.

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Alternative Names: EDWARDS, TRYON, REV. • Rev. Dr. Edwards • REV. TRYON EDWARDS

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The great end of education is, to discipline rather than to furnish the mind ; to train it to the use of its own powers, rather than fill it with the accumulation of others.

People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher and better than themselves.

Facts are God’s arguments : we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them.

Fables, like parables, are more ancient than formal arguments and are often the most effective means of presenting and impressing both truth and duty. - Tryon Edwards

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