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In the time of Jesus the mount of transfiguration was on the way to…
Quote byHenry Clay Trumbull · 1830–1903
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 585..
English (original)
In the time of Jesus the mount of transfiguration was on the way to the cross. In our day the cross is on the way to the mount of transfiguration. If you would be on the mountain. you must consent to pass over the road to it.
— Henry Clay Trumbull
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