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Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith.
-Reinhold Niebuhr
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Nothing Which Is True Or Beautiful Or

Reinhold Niebuhr
Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith.
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