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It sometimes becomes difficult to say who really did build the temple, so little was left for Solomon to do. Is it not so with all the temples of civilisation? Who built the temple of literature? Who erected the temple of science? Who is the architect, and who the builder of the temple of discovery? The last man is so immediately behind us, that we dare not take credit to ourselves for aught we do; so much has been done in preparation that when we speak of the temple we say it was built by the age, or the generation, or the spirit of the times.

(J. Parker, D. D.)

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KJV: And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;

WEB: David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings; and brass in abundance without weight;