An apology for the Devil: It must be remembered that we have only…

An apology for the Devil: It must be remembered that we have only heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.

Samuel Butler (novelist)

1902

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1902

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Samuel Butler. The Note-Books of Samuel Butler, edited by Henry Festing Jones. A. C. Fifield, 1912, ch. 14.

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