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It may be a very little thing for you to say to a young man the few…

Quote byJohn Bartholomew Gough · 1817–1886

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 561..

English (original)

It may be a very little thing for you to say to a young man the few words that turn him from the way of ruin, and win him back to life and hope. It may be a very little thing to you; but it is every thing to the young man.

— John Bartholomew Gough

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