“By what name shall we call this animating principle of the universe, this source of all phenomana? Some call it Force or Energy or Mind, others call it God. Some call this idea a working hypothesis, others call it Faith.”

—  Kirby Page

Source: Something More, A Consideration of the Vast, Undeveloped Resources of Life (1920), p. 15

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American clergyman 1890–1957

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