It is not the placidity of stupid ease that we should covet… - Elias Lyman Magoon

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It is not the placidity of stupid ease that we should covet, but the repose that is requisite for the renewal of exhausted strength, the serenity that succeeds the storm, and the salubrity that repays its ravages.

Elias Lyman Magoon

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Elias Lyman Magoon (October 20, 1810 – November 25, 1886) was an American clergyman and religious writer.

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