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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1864
Page
4
A sermon warns that small lapses lead to serious ruin. It cites young men drifting from rectitude through drink and other indulgences, noting the gradual pull of habit. The piece stresses the danger of beginning vice and the impossibility of redress once the slope is started.
The piece muses on starting efforts, comparing early struggles to an engine starting a heavy train and a cold bath. It argues beginnings are hardest, cites the French proverb It is the Gratatep that costa, and urges beginning today to pursue steady, virtuous effort.
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