Sin is like a mountain with two aspects according to whether it is viewed before or after it has been reached: yet both aspects are real. (Samuel Butler (novelist))

Sin is like a mountain with two aspects according to whether it is viewed before or after it has been reached: yet both aspects are real.

Samuel Butler (novelist)

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