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That which thou dost not understand when thou readest, thou shalt understand in the day of thy visitation. For many secrets of religion are not perceived till they be felt, and are not felt but in the day of a great calamity.

That which thou dost not understand when thou readest, thou shalt understand in the day of thy visitation. For many secrets of religion are not perceived till they be felt, and are not felt but in the day of a great calamity.
Jeremy Taylor (identity unresolved)

In print by 1881 AD · industrial

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Jeremy Taylor (identity unresolved)
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In print by 1881 AD · industrial
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Pearls of Thought (1881) (1881 AD)

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