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“One of those heavenly days that cannot die.”

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“Nature's old felicities.”

“But he is risen, a later star of dawn.”

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"Whereas guerrilla forces and commando units are small, somewhat independent, and can choose the time and place of attack, with lightning strikes, and disappear as quickly as they appeared, like little…"

— David Berg

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"His mistake was that he traded gods, science for Allah, and hence, traded goals without knowing it. He is as much a manufactured product of his religion as I am of mine, and as much a victim of it. Bu…"

— Arthur C. Clarke

Literature1917–2008

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"There must have been many who had a relationship to Jesus similar to that of Barabbas . The Danish "Barrabas" is about the same as "N.N." , filius patris, his father's son. — It is too bad, however, t…"

— Søren Kierkegaard

Philosophy1813–1855

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"I have never understood why Catholics of culture take pains to deny or to explain away the fact that the Roman Church is not only a religion but also a secular system of government, and that the Churc…"

— Houston Stewart Chamberlain

Literature1855–1927

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