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My effort has been to not only put the Biblical incident in the original setting … but at the same time give the human touch “which makes the whole world kin” and which ever remains the same.
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The speaker aims to present a Biblical incident in its original setting while also showing the human feelings that connect people across the world. “Makes the whole world kin” suggests that these shared human qualities remain recognizable across different times and places.
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