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> [Without doubt, matter is unlimited in extent, and, in this sense, infinite; and the forces of Nature mould it into an innumerable number of worlds. Would it be at all astonishing if, from the universal dice-box, out of an innumberable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-batchelder-greene/without-doubt-matter-is-unlimited-in-extent-and-in-this-sense/)

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## More by William Batchelder Greene

> [God -- if he really exist -- is good, alive, self-conscious, and governs all things according to his benevolent and holy providence; but the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-batchelder-greene/god-if-he-really-exist-is-good-alive-self-conscious-and-governs-all/)

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> [Thou slanting rain! Thou Hebe of the Skies, That pours out drink to Earth; thou faithful wife That with moist tears embraces her prone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-batchelder-greene/thou-slanting-rain-thou-hebe-of-the-skies-that-pours-out-drink-to/)

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> [If it be true that God and man are in one image or likeness (and the affirmation that they are so is not unplausible)…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-batchelder-greene/if-it-be-true-that-god-and-man-are-in-one-image-or-likeness-and-the/)

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> [For man, the death of the body is inevitable, and is determined by time and circumstance; but, with proper precaution, the death of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-batchelder-greene/for-man-the-death-of-the-body-is-inevitable-and-is-determined-by-time/)

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> [How Time doth lash us with sharp pains, Set loose our teeth, snatch wisps of hair, dim eyes -- And finally bend our backs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-batchelder-greene/how-time-doth-lash-us-with-sharp-pains-set-loose-our-teeth-snatch/)

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> [Man's life is entirely in his operations, which may all be classed under three heads: he thinks, he feels, and he acts -- these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-batchelder-greene/man-s-life-is-entirely-in-his-operations-which-may-all-be-classed/)

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> [The rule of God is not tyranny, for it does not partake of a political or governmental character -- it is not a rule…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-batchelder-greene/the-rule-of-god-is-not-tyranny-for-it-does-not-partake-of-a-political/)

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> [The Federal Government is rendered weak to do wrong, and powerful to do right: for, as soon as it begins to go wrong, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-batchelder-greene/the-federal-government-is-rendered-weak-to-do-wrong-and-powerful-to/)

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> [Hide what you have to hide And tell what you have to tell You'll see your problems multiplied If you continually decide To faithfully…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-batchelder-greene/hide-what-you-have-to-hide-and-tell-what-you-have-to-tell-you-ll-see/)

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> [Truth was truth, whether I darkened my eyes to it or not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-batchelder-greene/truth-was-truth-whether-i-darkened-my-eyes-to-it-or-not/)

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> [Marriage may be polygamic, monogamic, polyandric, complex according to the Oneida pattern, or other, and is true marriage (I do not say perfect marriage)…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-batchelder-greene/marriage-may-be-polygamic-monogamic-polyandric-complex-according-to/)

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> [Some men -- not all men -- see always before them an ideal, a mental picture if you will, of what they ought to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-batchelder-greene/some-men-not-all-men-see-always-before-them-an-ideal-a-mental-picture/)

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> [Faith is reason denying absurdity in the face of the unknown.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-batchelder-greene/faith-is-reason-denying-absurdity-in-the-face-of-the-unknown/)

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> [Life is a waste of woes, And Death a river deep, That ever onward flows, Troubled, yet asleep.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-batchelder-greene/life-is-a-waste-of-woes-and-death-a-river-deep-that-ever-onward-flows/)

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> [Man, having an ideal before him of that which he ought to be, and is not, and acting as though he possessed the character…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-batchelder-greene/man-having-an-ideal-before-him-of-that-which-he-ought-to-be-and-is/)

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