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God's Wisdom and God's Goodness!—Ah, but fools Mis-define thee, till God knows them no more. Wisdom and goodness they are God!—what schools Have yet so much as heard this simpler lore. This no Saint preaches, and this no Church rules: 'Tis in the desert, now and heretofore.
God's Wisdom and God's Goodness!—Ah, but fools Mis-define thee, till God knows them no more. Wisdom and goodness they are God!—what schools Have yet so much as heard this simpler lore. This no Saint preaches, and this no Church rules: 'Tis in the desert, now and heretofore.
Approximate author period: c. 1855 AD · industrial
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- Matthew Arnold
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- Approximate author period: c. 1855 AD · industrial
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- Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)
Printed page 315 · quotation 14 · Matthew Arnold · The Divinity St. 3.
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