Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small Though with patience he stands waiting, with exactness grinds he all. (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small Though with patience he stands waiting, with exactness grinds he all.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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