Ante-Nicene Fathers — Vol. 06 — CCEL UTF-8 text — Section 1778
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Work: Ante-Nicene Fathers — Volume 6
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Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. 6
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59. If that which it has pleased us to know is within reach, and if such knowledge is open to all, declare to us, [3811] and say how and by what means showers of rain are produced, so that water is held suspended in the regions above and in mid-air, although by nature it is apt to glide away, and so ready to flow and run downwards. Explain, I say, and tell what it is which sends the hail whirling through the air, which makes the rain fall drop by drop, which has spread out rain and feathery flakes of snow and sheets of lightning; [3812] whence the wind rises, and what it is; why the ch…
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