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Pearl Buck

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A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent, without giving any sound.
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John Calvin, quoted in The Westminster Collection of Christian Quotations (2001) by Martin H. Manser, p. 56

 
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