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No. 65.

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Sac. [Sacramento] July 21.'50 [1850]

Luke 10:24 ~

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"For I tell you that many prophets
and kings have desired to see those
things which ye see, & have not seen
them; and to hear those things which
ye hear, & have not heard them.”

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It is one of man's high prerogatives
to forecast the future.

This gives him greatness in the
view of all.

Who does it most fully is the
greatest & noblest of his race.
Noah foresaw a result and
acted in view of it –.