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There is nothing more awe-inspiring than a miracle except the credulity that can take it… — Mark Twain

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There is nothing more awe-inspiring than a miracle except the credulity that can take it at par.

Mark Twain
1904
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MiraclesCredulityDoubt and skepticism
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Personal journal
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1904
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Mark Twain
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Twain, Mark. Mark Twain's Notebook, edited by Albert Bigelow Paine. The Mark Twain Company, 1932, ch. 35. Originally from Notebook, c. 1904.

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