It may be that ministers really think that their prayers do good, and …

Robert Green Ingersoll
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It may be that ministers really think that their prayers do good, and it may be that frogs imagine that their croaking brings spring. ✨ Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). The works of Robert G. Ingersoll, p.827, Library of Alexandria
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It may be that ministers really think that their prayers do good, and it may be that frogs imagine that their croaking brings spring. ✨ Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). The works of Robert G. Ingersoll, p.827, Library of Alexandria

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