I know without needing to hear the voice of the Creator that the stars…

Alexis de Tocqueville
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I know without needing to hear the voice of the Creator that the stars trace out in space the orbits which His hand has drawn. ✨ Democracy in America. Book by Alexis de Tocqueville. Introduction, 1835.
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I know without needing to hear the voice of the Creator that the stars trace out in space the orbits which His hand has drawn. ✨ Democracy in America. Book by Alexis de Tocqueville. Introduction, 1835.

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