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" By faithfulness we are collected and wound up into unity within ourselves, whereas we had been scattered abroad in multiplicity. "
Saint Augustine
Within
Up
Unity
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" Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature. "
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" Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering. "
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He
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