"He that would speak Divine things in a language which living men of to-day can comprehend, must keep up with the researches and discoveries of men who study nature, and put her words into the speech of the present."
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John Heyl Vincent
John Heyl Vincent (23 February 1832 β 9 May 1920) was an American Methodist Episcopal bishop.
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