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Marilynne Robinson, Gilead Quotes: I think the attempt to defend belief can unsettle it, in fact, because there is always an inadequacy in argument about ultimate things.
         

I think the attempt to defend belief can unsettle it, in fact, because there is always an inadequacy in argument about ultimate things.


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I think the attempt to defend belief can unsettle it, in fact, because there is always an inadequacy in argument about ultimate things.
         



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