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Mystery is but another name for ignorance if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain!

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Tryon Edwards
Age: 84 †
Born: 1809
Born: August 7
Died: 1894
Died: January 4
Theologian
Hartford
Connecticut
Mystery
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Omniscient
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Ignorance

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