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Henry Ward Beecher: God sends but one sun, and it is the same light that kindles against the roof of a mansion, that dawns upon the thatch…

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God sends but one sun, and it is the same light that kindles against the roof of a mansion, that dawns upon the thatch of a hut.
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Henry Ward Beecher

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This quote illustrates Beecher's belief in the universal nature of God's gifts to humanity, regardless of wealth.

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