Lyman Abbott — American Author born on December 18, 1835, died on October 22, 1922

Lyman Abbott was an American Congregationalist theologian, editor, and author... (wikipedia)

Patience is passion tamed.
The highest qualities of character... must be earned.
Every life is march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.
A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice- but as yet unstained.
Every life is a march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.