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Quote from "There is a Difference" (1851)

"Beauty is something higher than this," said the apple branch. "Only the chosen few can really be allowed into the kingdom of the beautiful; there's as much difference between plants as between men."

Then the sunbeam spoke of the infinite love of the Creator for all His creatures, for everything that has life, and of the equal distribution of all things in time and eternity.

Source: Jean Hersholt's translation of "There is a Difference"

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Registered motifs in this quote:

1. Eternity
2. God
3. Nature's assurance of a life after death

Keywords: Arrogance, vanity, sin, equality in the eyes of God

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