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Quotation from Paradise Lost by John Milton

“I may assert Eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men”

John Milton (spoken by Narrator)

Paradise Lost, Book I (Project Gutenberg #26, 1674 twelve-book text)

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The close of the first invocation states the poem's purpose.

Citation: "I may assert Eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men" — John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book I (Project Gutenberg #26, 1674 twelve-book text). (id paradise-lost-q2)

Portrait: Houghton EC65.M6427P.1667aa - Paradise Lost, 1667, John Milton, Public domain.

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