Quote#God & Faith
All nature, he holds, is a respiration
Quote byHenry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1807–1882
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Golden Legend (1851), Pt. VI, A travelling Scholastic affixing his Theses to the gate of the College..
English (original)
All nature, he holds, is a respiration Of the Spirit of God, who, in breathing hereafter Will inhale it into his bosom again, So that nothing but God alone will remain.
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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