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Genesis. What an extraordinary history! It is impossible for us to…

Quote byJames Fenimore Cooper · 1789–1851

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Correspondence of James Fenimore-Cooper (1922), Journal kept by Cooper from January to May 1848.

English (original)

Genesis. What an extraordinary history! It is impossible for us to appreciate conduct, when a power like that of God is directly brought to bear on it. Obedience to him is our first law.

— James Fenimore Cooper

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