I think that our popular theology has gained in decorum, and not in principle, over the superstitions it has displaced. But men are better than this theology. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

I think that our popular theology has gained in decorum, and not in principle, over the superstitions it has displaced. But men are better than this theology.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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