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Quotation from Christ Legends by Selma Lagerlöf

“It is not revealed by the light of lamps or candles, and it does not depend upon sun and moon; but that which is needful is, that we have such eyes as can see God’s glory.”

Selma Lagerlöf (spoken by The grandmother)

Christ Legends, The Holy Night, trans. Velma Swanston Howard (1908)

Portrait of Selma Lagerlöf

The grandmother's closing lesson after telling how the shepherd saw the angels.

Citation: "It is not revealed by the light of lamps or candles, and it does not depend upon sun and moon; but that which is needful is, that we have such eyes as can see God’s glory." — Selma Lagerlöf, Christ Legends, The Holy Night, trans. Velma Swanston Howard (1908). (id christ-legends-q3)

Portrait: Atelje Jaeger - Selma Lagerlöf 1928, Atelier Jaeger, Public domain.

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