The modern clergyman has acquired in his study of the science which I believe is called exegesis an astonishing facility for explaining things away. (W. Somerset Maugham)

The modern clergyman has acquired in his study of the science which I believe is called exegesis an astonishing facility for explaining things away.

W. Somerset Maugham

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