On the recordJune 1, 1903
We have Biblical authority, as well as the authority of common sense, for the statement that the rain falls on the just and the unjust alike.
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presidency.ucsb.eduWe have Biblical authority, as well as the authority of common sense, for the statement that the rain falls on the just and the unjust alike.
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