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Wherever God erects a house of prayer the Devil always builds a chapel there And 't will be found, upon examination, the latter has the largest congregation.

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Daniel Defoe
Age: 70 †
Born: 1660
Born: September 30
Died: 1731
Died: April 24
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London
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Daniel Foe
Devil
Chapel
Prayer
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Upon
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Largest
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Examination
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Nature has left this tincture in the blood, That all men would be tyrants if they could.
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