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There’s too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will. I might concede you the Devil. God doesn’t really need to punish us. We’re so very busy punishing ourselves.[to Miss Barton]

Source:(Ulverscroft, ed. 2010), Chapter 6, Page 110
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