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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:2919
AUTHOR:John Tillotson (1630–1694)
QUOTATION:If God were not a necessary Being of himself, he might almost seem to be made for the use and benefit of men. 1
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
 
Note 1.
If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.—Francis M. Voltaire: A l’Auteur du Livre des trois Imposteurs, épître cxl. [back]
 

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