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Quotation from Paradise Lost by John Milton

“Sufficient to have stood, though free to fall”

John Milton (spoken by God the Father)

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

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The Father explains that he created man upright and free, so the fault of the Fall will be man's own.

Citation: "Sufficient to have stood, though free to fall" — John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book III (Project Gutenberg #26, 1674 twelve-book text). (id paradise-lost-q5)

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

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