"Religion assures us that our afflictions shall have an end; she comforts us, she dries our tears, she promises us another life. On the contrary, in the abominable worship of atheism, human woes are the incense, death is the priest, a coffin the altar, and annihilation the Deity."

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Source : "The Genius of Christianity". Book by François-René de Chateaubriand, Part I, Book VI, Chapter V. Translated by Charles I. White, D.D. Baltimore: John Murphy, 1871, p. 202, 1802.

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Source : "Historiarum Alexandri Magni Macedonis Libri Qui Supersunt". Book IV, 14, 19,
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Source : James Schuyler (2004). “Just the Thing: Selected Letters of James Schuyler, 1951-1991”
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Source : 'Strange Interlude' (1928) pt. 2, act 8
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