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The whole creation of God has neither nook nor corner where the guilty can bestow it and say it is safe.
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Adlai Stevenson
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gutenberg.orgAdlai Stevenson: “The whole creation of God has neither nook nor corner where the guilty can bestow it and say it is safe.”
Editor's note · Context
Stevenson reflects on the inescapability of guilt and the omnipresence of divine justice.
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