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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
William Stoughton. (1631–1701)
 
 
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    God sifted a whole nation that he might send choice grain over into this wilderness. 1
          Election Sermon at Boston, April 29, 1669.
 
Note 1.
God had sifted three kingdoms to find the wheat for this planting.—Henry W. Longfellow: Courtship of Miles Standish, iv. [back]
 

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