The English Bible - a book which, if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power. (Thomas Babington Macaulay)

The English Bible - a book which, if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

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