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For science, God is simply the stream of tendency by which all things seek to fulfill the law of their being.

Matthew Arnold

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Matthew Arnold
Age: 65 †
Born: 1822
Born: December 24
Died: 1888
Died: April 15
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Laleham
Surrey
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