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The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self mastery. - Reinhold Niebuhr

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theologian, 1892-1971

Born:21st June, 1892
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Starsign: Gemini

Author Keywords: Theologian

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John Robinson, Paul Tillich, Bishop Jeremy Taylor, Karl Barth, Hermann Busenbaum

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