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392 Love is the emblem of eternity; it confounds all notion of time; effaces all memory of a beginning, all fear of an end. —.

It is love that asks, that seeks, that knocks, that finds, and that is faithful to what it finds. —.

Love is the greatest thing that God can give us, for Himself is love; and it is the greatest thing we can give to God, for it will also give ourselves, and carry with it all that is ours. —.

Love is the crowning grace of humanity, the holiest right of the soul, the golden link which binds us to duty and truth, the redeeming principle that chiefly reconciles the heart to life, and is prophetic of eternal good. —.

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Joy is love exulting; peace is love in repose; long-suffering is love on trial; gentleness is love in society; goodness is love in action; faith is love on the battle-field; meekness is love at school; and temperance is love in training.

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