To what extent is any given man morally responsible for any given act? We do not know.
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Prayer, like radium, is a luminous and self-generating form of energy.
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Prayer is a cry of distress, a demand for help, a hymn of love.
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When we pray we link ourselves with an inexhaustible motive power.
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The influence of prayer on the human mind and body ... can be measured in terms of increased physical buoyancy, greater intellectual vigor, moral stamina, and a deeper understanding of the realities underlying human relationships.
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Prayer is the force as real as terrestrial gravity. As a physician, I have seen men, after all other therapy had failed, lifted out of disease and melancholy by the serene effort of prayer. Only in prayer do we achieve that complete and harmonious assembly of body, mind and spirit which gives the frail human reed its unshakable strength.
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