Reformed Orthodox Order

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    —Samuel Richardson (1689–1761)

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    You may get a bland smile from these sages;
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    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    “Therefore doth heaven divide
    The state of man in divers functions,
    Setting endeavor in continual motion,
    To which is fixed, as an aim or butt,
    Obedience; for so work the honeybees,
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    The act of order to a peopled kingdom.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)