“God, grant us men to see in a small thing principles which are common things both small and great.”
Deus, dona hominibus videre in parvo communes notitias rerum parvarum atque magnarum.
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XI, 23
Confessions (c. 397)
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Deus, dona hominibus videre in parvo communes notitias rerum parvarum atque magnarum.
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