Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams. They have different names but all contain water. Religions have different names, but all contain truth.
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Many drops make a bucket, many buckets make a pond, many ponds make a lake, and many lakes make an ocean.
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When we can drain the Ocean into mill-ponds, and bottle up the Force of Gravity, to be sold by retail, in gas jars; then may we hope to comprehend the infinitudes of man's soul under formulas of Profit and Loss; and rule over this too, as over a patent engine, by checks, and valves, and balances.
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Listen, strange woman lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.
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