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Review of Luther’s translation.<br />

Over against this, the felicity in his choice of words, the exquisite<br />

naturalness <strong>and</strong> clearness in his structure of sentences, the dignity, force,<br />

<strong>and</strong> vivacity of his expressions, his affluence of phrase, his power of<br />

compression, <strong>and</strong> the rhythmic melody of his flow of style, have excited an<br />

admiration to which witness has been borne from the beginning by friend<br />

<strong>and</strong> foe. When the time shall come, as come it must, when the toils <strong>and</strong><br />

discoveries of centuries shall be brought to bear upon Luther's version, in<br />

changes which shall be recognized by the Church as just, Luther's gr<strong>and</strong><br />

work will not only remain in the new as the foundation, but will abide as<br />

the essential body of the structure itself. <strong>The</strong> German nation will never<br />

have a Bible for which, next to its great Source, they can cease to bless<br />

Luther's name.

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