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We have here," said Mr. Manlius, now turning the hose of his eloquence toward Nicholas, and playing upon him, "we have here a dear friend, who has abode in our house for many years.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 by Various

We thus see that the essence of Christianity and its durability do not lie in any kind of theology: it lies within the Spiritual Substance which has abode within it throughout the centuries.

From An Interpretation of Rudolf Eucken's Philosophy by Jones, W. Tudor (William Tudor)