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2778. EVILS, Good from.—

When great
evils happen, I am in the habit of looking
out for what good may arise from them as
consolations to us and Providence has in fact
so established the order of things, as that most
evils are the means of producing some good.—
To Dr. Benjamin Rush. Washington ed. iv, 335. Ford ed., vii, 458.
(M. 1800)