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What is his beauty to me, if his life escapes us?... Give him back to me as he is, whatever he may be, what care I, if only I have him back, if only he breathes!...
— from Joyzelle by Maurice Maeterlinck
Whenever we turn away in heart from leaning exclusively upon God Himself, whether in the matter of salvation or the necessities of the path, we are, in principle, saying, "Up, make us [358] gods."
— from Notes on the book of Exodus by Charles Henry Mackintosh
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