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Spirituality Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- The ghost is the outward and visible signs of an inward fear.
- HOMILETICS, n. The science of adapting sermons to the spiritual needs, capacities and conditions of the congregation.
- CLERGYMAN, n. A man who undertakes the management of our spiritual affairs as a method of better his temporal ones.
- BATH, n. A kind of mystic ceremony substituted for religious worship, with what spiritual efficacy has not been determined.
- Christian, n.: one who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor.
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