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The beauty of the world consists wholly of sweet mutual consents, either within itself or with the supreme being.

Jonathan Edwards

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Jonathan Edwards
Age: 54 †
Born: 1703
Born: October 5
Died: 1758
Died: March 22
Clergyman
Philosopher
Theologian
Writer
East Windsor
Connecticut
Mutual
Supreme
Sweet
Either
Beauty
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Within
Wholly
World
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Consists

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