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In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong. God cannot be for, and against the same thing at the same time.
In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong. God cannot be for, and against the same thing at the same time.
Approximate author period: c. 1837 AD · industrial
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- Abraham Lincoln
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- Approximate author period: c. 1837 AD · industrial
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