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To a girl who was frightened of traveling by train
• Quoted in Beatrice Hatch, "Lewis Carroll", Strand Magazine (April 1898), p. 421

But surely you trust God! Do you think He would let you come to harm? To be afraid is to distrust.

— Lewis Carroll

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• Quoted in Beatrice Hatch, "Lewis Carroll", Strand Magazine (April 1898), p. 421" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll (born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson 27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898) was an English author, mathematician, Anglican clergyman, logician, and amateur photographer. His father was Charles Dodgson (archdeacon), his great-grandfather was Charles Dodgson (bishop) and his nephew was Stuart Dodgson Collingwood.