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Archangel Quote by John Donne

“If every gnat that flies were an archangel, all that could but tell me that there is a God; and the poorest worm that creeps tells me that.” quote by John Donne — Download Open image

“If every gnat that flies were an archangel, all that could but tell me that there is a God; and the poorest worm that creeps tells me that.”

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