Josiah Quincy: “To that benign and healing hand of Providence I trust, in humble hope…”

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To that benign and healing hand of Providence I trust, in humble hope of the good which it always brings forth out of evil.

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Federalist · Massachusetts

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Quincy expresses his faith in Providence to bring good from adverse situations.

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