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Harry Emerson Fosdick Quotes: I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.
         

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.


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