Quote #161,158
“None of God's Creatures absolutely consider'd are in their own Nature Contemptib…” — Mary Astell
None of God's Creatures absolutely consider'd are in their own Nature Contemptible; the meanest Fly, the poorest Insect has its Use and Vertue.
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