Quote#God & Faith
Man is the miracle in nature. God
Quote byJean Ingelow · 1820–1897
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Story of Doom (1867), "A Story of Doom", Book VII, p. 191..
English (original)
Man is the miracle in nature. God Is the One Miracle to man. Behold, "There is a God," thou sayest. Thou sayest well: In that thou sayest all. To Be is more Of wonderful, than being, to have wrought, Or reigned, or rested.
— Jean Ingelow
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