"The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers is that which is woven of conviction and set with the sharp mordant of experience.“


-James Russell Lowell

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The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers is that which is woven of conviction and set with the sharp mordant of experience.

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