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The ground of all religion, that which makes it possible, is the relation in which the human soul stands to God.

John Campbell Shairp

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John Campbell Shairp
Age: 66 †
Born: 1819
Born: July 30
Died: 1885
Died: September 18
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Linlithgowshire
J. C. Shairp
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