"I have never understood why it should be considered derogatory to the Creator to suppose that he has a sense of humour."
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"Confessio Fidei", Outspoken Essays (Second Series) (1922)
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William Ralph Inge
William Ralph Inge (6 June 1860 – 26 February 1954), popularly referred to simply as Dean Inge, was an English author, Anglican prelate, professor of divinity at Cambridge, and Dean of St Paul's Cathedral.
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