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Harmony is the characteristic of the intellectual system of the…
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)
Harmony is the characteristic of the intellectual system of the universe; and immutable laws of moral existence must pervade all time and all space, all ages and all worlds.
— George Bancroft
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