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I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a Mind; and, therefore, God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.

Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon (1561–1626), British philosopher, essayist, statesman. Essays, "Of Atheism," (1597-1625).

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