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• Every other beginning is a perverse beginning, and it will end in sure disaster. —  My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year
• In the middle ages, whereof the beginning was the time of the fall of the Roman Empire, and the end the capture of Constantinople at the hands of [the followers of] Islám, fierce intolerance and molestation of far and near arose in [all] the countries of Europe by reason of the paramount influence of religious leaders. —  A Traveler’s Narrative
• (150 XII The opening statement of the Gospel attributed to Jesus’ disciple, John—“In the beginning was the Word...”—has fascinated readers for two thousand years. —  Century of Light
• And a beginning is the greatest thing of all. —  At the Back of the North Wind
• "In the beginning was the Logos, and the Logos was with God, and the Logos was God. —  The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life

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