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John Donne Quotes: Nature's great masterpiece, an elephant; the only harmless great thing.
         

Nature's great masterpiece, an elephant; the only harmless great thing.


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What gnashing is not a comfort, what gnawing of the worm is not a tickling, what torment is not a marriage bed to this damnation, to be secluded eternally, eternally, eternally from the sight of God?

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