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title: 'Palmer on the Right Book at the Right Time'
type: post
author: 'R. Andrew Myers'
date: 2025-05-04
url: https://confessional.org/blog/2025-palmer-on-the-right-book-at-the-right-time
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# Palmer on the Right Book at the Right Time

“The right book, read at the right time, roused a dormant capacity, just when it needed to awake and determine the character of a brilliant and useful career. Thus does Providence watch over its chosen instruments, and a hidden hand touches the secret springs of activity and life.” — [**Benjamin M. Palmer**](/authors/benjamin-morgan-palmer), *The Life and Letters of James Henley Thornwell* (1875), p. 45