Quote#God & Faith
Things proceed as they were ordered, in their nice, and…
Quote byGeorge Bancroft · 1800–1891
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Necessity, the Reality, and the Promise of the Progress of the Human Race (1854).
English (original)
Things proceed as they were ordered, in their nice, and well-adjusted, and perfect harmony; so that as the hand of the skilful artist gathers music from the harp-strings, history calls it forth from the well-tuned chords of time.
— George Bancroft
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