• We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that a savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter.

  Mark Twain
  American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) 1835-1910
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1. reverent
2. feeling
3. rainbow
4. because
5. gained
6. prying

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We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that a savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter. by : Mark Twain

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