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That empire was given to Rome not by the gods, but by the One True God, 135
That empire was given to Rome not by the gods, but by the One True God, 135
Text: St Augustine, The City of God — Marcus Dods’ translation, T. & T. Clark, 1871, public domain, from Project Gutenberg ebooks 45304 and 45305, set unaltered. The longest book on this shelf: 474,000 words. Augustine took thirteen years over it.