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Nothing lasts but the Church.
Nothing lasts but the Church.
Of such importance is early training.
Of such importance is early training.
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.
Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
Who likes not the drinke, God deprives him of bread.
Who likes not the drinke, God deprives him of bread.
One day unfolds it and one day destroys.
One day unfolds it and one day destroys.
The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.
The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.
May everything he treads upon become a rose!
May everything he treads upon become a rose!
