A man has no religion who has not slowly and painfully gathered one to…

D. H. Lawrence
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A man has no religion who has not slowly and painfully gathered one together, adding to it, shaping it; and one's religion is never complete and final, it seems, but must always be undergoing modification. ✨ D. H. Lawrence, James T. Boulton (2002). The Letters of D. H. Lawrence, p.40, Cambridge University Press
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