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Madame de Stael

"The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us."

Madame de Stael, French Writer
God, Enthusiasm, Sense, Word
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"The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us."

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