“The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and a seal.”

—  Mark Twain

"Official Report to the I.I.A.S.", p. 126
Papers of the Adams Family (1939)
Source: Letters from the Earth: Uncensored Writings

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