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William Ralph Inge Quotes: Faith is an act of rational choice, which determines us to act as if certain things were true, and in the confident expectation that they will prove to be true.
         

Faith is an act of rational choice, which determines us to act as if certain things were true, and in the confident expectation that they will prove to be true.


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