God made man, without man's consent, and made his nature, too; made it vicious instead… — Mark Twain

God made man, without man's consent, and made his nature, too; made it vicious instead of angelic, and then said, Be angelic, or I will punish you and destroy you. But no matter, God is responsible for everything man does, all the same; He can't get around that fact. There is only one Criminal, and it is not man.

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Twain, Mark. "Little Bessie." The Devil's Race-Track: Mark Twain's "Great Dark" Writings. University of California Press, 2005, ch. 2.
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Twain, Mark. "Little Bessie." Fables of Man. University of California Press, 1972, ch. 2.

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