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...if He made us, He must know He is to blame when He has made us weak or evil. And He must understand why we have been so made, and when we throw ourselves into the dust before Him, and pray for help and pardon, surely--surely He will lend an ear!

...if He made us, He must know He is to blame when He has made us weak or evil. And He must understand why we have been so made, and when we throw ourselves into the dust before Him, and pray for help and pardon, surely--surely He will lend an ear!

Approximate author period: c. 1886 AD · industrial

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Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Approximate author period: c. 1886 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1849 to 1924; Wikidata Q276028, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q276028 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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