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May 17

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Ralph Waldo Emerson (Quote)

Ralph Waldo Emerson (Quote)

"The word miracle, as pronounced by Christian churches, gives a false impression; it is a monster. It is not one with the blowing clover and the falling rain."

—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-82), address at Harvard Divinity College, July 15, 1838

Compiled by Annie Laurie Gaylor

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