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I have read of a glass kept in an idol temple in Smyrna that would make beautiful things appear deformed, and deformed things appear beautiful carnal sense is such a glass to wicked men, it makes heavenly things which are beautiful to appear deformed, and earthly things which are deformed to appear beautiful.

Ralph Venning

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Ralph Venning
Age: 53 †
Born: 1621
Born: January 1
Died: 1674
Died: March 10
Civil Servant
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