Samuel Butler: How is it, I wonder, that all religious officials, from God the Father to the parish beadle, should be so arbitrary and

How is it, I wonder, that all religious officials, from God the Father to the pa — Samuel Butler

How is it, I wonder, that all religious officials, from God the Father to the parish beadle, should be so arbitrary and exacting.

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