![My dear friend, do not imagine that I am vain enough to ascribe our success [Revolution] to any superiority . . . If it had not been for the justice of our cause, and the consequent interposition of Providence, in which we had faith, we must have been ruined. If I had ever before been an atheist, I should now have been convinced of the being and government of a Deity!](/assets/img/quote-photos/my-dear-friend-do-not-imagine-that-i-am-vain-enough-to-ascribe-our-success-revo.jpg)
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