Cathedrals Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Faith is a grand cathedral, with divinely pictured windows - standing without, you can see no glory, nor can imagine any, but standing within every ray of light reveals a harmony of unspeakable splendors.”

Nathaniel Hawthorne

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