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Venice, as a city, was a foundling, floating upon the waters like moses in his basket among the bulrushes.
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Venice, As A City, Was A Foundling,

Mary McCarthy
Venice, as a city, was a foundling, floating upon the waters like moses in his basket among the bulrushes.
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When the spirit came to moses, the plagues came upon egypt, and he had power to destroy men's lives; when the spirit came upon elijah, fire came down from heaven; when the spirit came upon gideon, no man could stand before him; and when it came upon joshua, he moved around the city of jericho and the whole city fell into his hands; but when the spirit came upon the son of man, he gave his life; he healed the broken-hearted.
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It is often said in the bible that god spake unto moses, but how do you know that god spake unto moses? because, you will say, the bible says so. the koran says, that god spake unto mahomet, do you believe that too? no. why not? because, you will say, you do not believe it; and so because you do, and because you don't is all the reason you can give for believing or disbelieving except that you will say that mahomet was an impostor. and how do you know moses was not an impostor?
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