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And yet the doing is ours, not His. He inspired it, we wrought it…

Quote byGeorge C. Lorimer · 1838–1904

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 125..

English (original)

And yet the doing is ours, not His. He inspired it, we wrought it out. He quickened, but we brought forth. His the heart-beat, but ours the hand-stroke; His the influence, ours the effluence.

— George C. Lorimer

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