If we cannot choose our condition, or control events, we have our choice of the course we will pursue, so far as sin or obedience to the truth is concerned.
Joseph Caldwell Connected to the Carolinas
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Autobiography and Biography of Rev. Joseph Caldwell, D.D., L.L.D., First President of the University of North Carolina (1860)
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- Autobiography and Biography of Rev. Joseph Caldwell, D.D., L.L.D., First President of the University of North Carolina
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- 1860
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I was young and thoughtless; but the first reflection that rushed upon me, was, that God in his goodness had saved my life by prompting me in the critical moment to act as I did.
While there, walking in the street, she made a misstep, fell, and her ankle was so much injured as to terminate in mortification and consequent death.
I exchanged not a word more with any one, but walked home with feelings sunk as low as a few minutes before they had been elevated.