First I say this: you have seen
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et them cause you to think well then of the stormsthat drive many to shelter. These thingsdo not happen without reason. And the next thing I say is this:I saw an eagle once circling against the cloudsover one of our principal churches--Easter, it was--a beautiful day!--:three gulls came from above the riverand crossed slowly seaward!Oh, I know you have your own hymns, I have heard them--and because I knew they invoked some great protectorI could not be angry with you, no matterhow much they outraged true music-- You see, it is not necessary for us to leap at each other,and, as I told you, in the endthe gulls moved seaward very quietly.
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