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Henry, Carl F., 1913-2003 [The Bible remains...]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05508.125.02 Author/Creator: Henry, Carl F., 1913-2003 Place Written: Arlington, Virginia Type: Autograph manuscript Date: 24 November 1979 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 26.7 cm, Width: 18.4 cm Order a Copy

Henry enclosed this handwritten quotation with a letter to Bishop Hunt (GLC05508.125.01). He writes: "The Bible remains/ the world's most indispensable reading, and a personal walk with God remains man's unsurpassable privilege. All the valid assumptions about the meaning and worth of life and about a just society flow from this."

Henry, Carl Ferdinand Howard, 1913-2003

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