"I said to the man who stood at the Gate of the Year, "Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown." And he replied, "Go out into the darkness, and put your hand into the hand of God. That shall be to you better than light, and safer than a known way.""
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Poets from EnglandNon-fiction authors from EnglandWomen authors from EnglandSociologists from EnglandWomen academics from England
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"God Knows" (1908), as quoted by George VI in his Christmas broadcast, 1939
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Minnie Louise Haskins
Minnie Louise Haskins (12 May 1875 – 3 February 1957) was a British poet and an academic in the field of sociology, best known for being quoted by King George VI in his Royal Christmas Message of 1939.
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