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Henry Giles Quote

“The materials of the first temple were made ready in solitude. Those of the last also must be shaped in retirement; in the silence of the heart; in the quietness of home; in the practice of unostentatious duty.”

— Henry Giles

Source: Three Thousand Selected Quotations from Brilliant Writers — Wikisource

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