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The God of the Puritans...was a monster too horrible to contemplate.

John Burroughs

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John Burroughs
Age: 83 †
Born: 1837
Born: April 3
Died: 1921
Died: March 29
Essayist
Naturalist
Writer
Delaware County
New York
Contemplating
Monsters
Horrible
God
Religion
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Puritan
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