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Quote by Reinhold Niebuhr
The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substit

The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self mastery. – Reinhold Niebuhr

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Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone therefore we are saved by love. – Reinhold Niebuhr

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