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O, if we could tear aside the vail, and see for but one hour what it…

Quote byHorace Bushnell · 1802–1876

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 212..

English (original)

O, if we could tear aside the vail, and see for but one hour what it signifies to be a soul in the power of an endless life, what a revelation would it be!

— Horace Bushnell

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