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Within this ample volume lies The mystery of mysteries; Happiest they of human race To whom their God has given grace, To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, to force the way: And better had they ne’er been born, That read to doubt, or read to scorn.
Within this ample volume lies The mystery of mysteries; Happiest they of human race To whom their God has given grace, To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, to force the way: And better had they ne’er been born, That read to doubt, or read to scorn.
Approximate author period: c. 1801 AD · industrial
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- Sir Walter Scott
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- Approximate author period: c. 1801 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 61 · printed citation: Sir Walter Scott · subject: THE BIBLE
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