I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but…

John Henry Newman
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I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: Go down again - I dwell among the people.
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I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: Go down again - I dwell among the people.

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