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man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.
“Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.
“He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There wouud be no childlike faith then, no poetry ,no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sigjjt. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.
“Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well notj believe in fairies!
“You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did
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