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James Martineau Quote

“In truth, there is no religion, no worship in our prosperity and ease. So far as we are happy, we are in a state of satisfied desire; so far as we are religious, we are in a state of aspiration and unsatisfied desire.”

— James Martineau

Source: Three Thousand Selected Quotations from Brilliant Writers — Wikisource

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