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Prayer should be short without giving God Almighty reasons why He should grant this or that He knows best what is good for us.

John Selden

Prayer should be short without giving God Almighty reasons why He should grant this or that He knows best what is good for us.

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About John Selden

John Selden (16 December 1584 – 30 November 1654) was an English jurist, a scholar of England's ancient laws and constitution and scholar of Jewish law. He was known as a polymath; John Milton hailed Selden in 1644 as "the chief of learned men reputed in this land".