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James Beck: “And if in this deluge of blood, which has submerged the world, there is a Mount Ararat, upon which the ark of a truer…”

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And if in this deluge of blood, which has submerged the world, there is a Mount Ararat, upon which the ark of a truer and better peace can find refuge, it has not yet appeared above the troubled surface of the waters.
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James Beck
Republican · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Beck uses the metaphor of Noah's Ark to express hope for a better peace amid the chaos of war.

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