Most men are less afraid of ghosts than of facts; but out o… - Edwin Hubbell Chapin

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Most men are less afraid of ghosts than of facts; but out of the truth of things — truth of character and vision — grows true life.

Edwin Hubbell Chapin

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Edwin Hubbell Chapin (December 29, 1814 – December 26, 1880) was a Universalist minister who became famed as an orator in the 1840s.

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Alternative Names: E. H. Chapin • Edwin Hubbell Rev. Chapin

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[Christ] illustrates the purport of life as he descends from his transfiguration to toil, and goes forward to exchange that robe of heavenly brightness for the crown of thorns.

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Life is a . We are thrown into it, and tried. The actual weight and value of a man are expressed in the spiritual substance of the man. All else is .

Most men are less afraid of ghosts than of facts; but out of the truth of things — truth of character and vision — grows true life. - Edwin Hubbell Chapin

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