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“Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of purpose between the Almighty and them.”
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- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.60
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- d4605a34336a527f6331271e2a2333fdf9bbdf14464725aa53913d51e57b5b11
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