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The coldest place in England, according to the charts, is a spot at its very heart.<\/p>\n\t\t<p>There is a certain grace that comes to our shore and knocks, yea beats, and even lashes, there; and it has more of the changeless love of God in it than in all the affections that sweeten the inlands of life. Sea and shore may indeed meet in storm. 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