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Faith is spiritualized imagination.

Henry Ward Beecher

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Henry Ward Beecher
Journalist
Minister
Politician
Theologian
Litchfield (town)
Connecticut
Faith
Spiritualized
Imagination

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We under no circumstances know the appreciate of your parent till we develop into dad and mom ourselves.
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