John Calvin, as quoted in Thomas F. Tierney, The Value of Convenience: Genealogy of Technical Culture (1993), p. 128.
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There is not one little blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make men rejoice.
— John Calvin on Grass
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About John Calvin
John Calvin (10 July 1509 – 27 May 1564) was a major French Protestant theologian during the Protestant Reformation; he is renowned for his teaching and infamous for his role in the execution of Michael Servetus.
About John Calvin
John Calvin (10 July 1509 – 27 May 1564) was a major French Protestant theologian during the Protestant Reformation; he is renowned for his teaching and infamous for his role in the execution of Michael Servetus.
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