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“You may tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart.”

Quote by Francis Pharcellus Church

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Francis Pharcellus Church

Francis Pharcellus Church was an American writer and editor, best known for his famous Christmas poem 'Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus,' published in The New York Sun. more

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