I love to lose myself in a mystery, to pursue my reason to an O altitudo! 'Tis my solitary recreation to pose my apprehension with those involved enigmas and riddles of the trinity, with incarnation and resurrection. Religio Medici - Page 24by Sir Thomas Browne - 1839 - 192 pagesFull view - About this book
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