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“Iron till it be thoroughly heated is incapable to be wrought; so God sees good to cast some men into the furnace of affliction, and then beats them on his anvil into what frame he pleases
“Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout.
“When you see a man with a great deal of religion displayed in his shop window, you may depend upon it, he keeps a very small stock of it within