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Christian faith is a grand cathedral, with divinely pictured windows. Standing without, you see no glory, nor can possibly imagine any standing within, every ray of light reveals a harmony of unspeakable splendors.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Nathaniel Hawthorne
Age: 59 †
Born: 1804
Born: July 4
Died: 1864
Died: May 18
Diplomat
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Salem
Massachusetts
Nathaniel Hathorne
Monsieur de l'Aubépine
N. H.
Every
Glory
Splendor
Standing
Reveals
Imagine
Windows
Splendors
Within
Rays
Pictured
Faith
Grand
Divinely
Christian
Possibly
Cathedral
Light
Harmony
Cathedrals
Without
Window
Unspeakable

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