[R]eligion cannot be given or bought, but must grow as trees grow,
[R]eligion cannot be given or bought, but must grow as trees grow, needing frost and snow, rain and wind to strengthen it before it is deep-rooted in the soul. – Louisa May Alcott, “Through the Mist,” Work: A Story of Experience, 1873

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