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I have faith in the inextinguishable spark of the Divine, which is in the human soul and which our complex mechanical civilization has not extinguished.
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James Beck
Republican · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Beck expresses his belief in the enduring goodness of the human soul.

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