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It would be very nice if there were a god who created the world and was a benevolent providence, and if there were a moral order in the universe and an after-life; but it is a very striking fact that all this is exactly as we are bound to wish it to be.
-Sigmund Freud
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It Would Be Very Nice If There

Sigmund Freud
It would be very nice if there were a god who created the world and was a benevolent providence, and if there were a moral order in the universe and an after-life; but it is a very striking fact that all this is exactly as we are bound to wish it to be.
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