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this library has a large number
of versions of the Psalms - and also
of that most effective drama - Job.
This early protestation against the
the doctrine of total human depravity -
this stout hearted expression of
belief in the nobility and
integrity of at least one man, with its
wonderful knowledge of God, of
the earth, its minerals, and of
animated nature, impressed me
in early years, and Job has not
yet lost its peculiar and
individual charm.; - Of all the
minor writings of J. A. Froude -
(whose department from us we
still deplore) - his Westminster
rev. article on this ancient dramatic poem written in
1853 & reprinted in his first
vol. of "short studies of great subjects"
is the one I most love - even

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