God / United States of America Saying

[Ken Hirsch]

As a follow-up, Correa's letters are available on JSTOR,
http://www.jstor.org/stable/1005770


  The Abbé Correa in America, 1812-1820

Unfortunately, there's no hint of this quote.


Ken Hirsch wrote:
> This is Jos=E9 Francisco Correia da Serra.
> Correia may also be spelled Corr=EAa or Correa, and "da" is often replaced =
> by
> "de".
> Plus, he's often referred to as "Abb=E9 Correa".
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Correia_da_Serra
>
> This attribution is given a few more times:
>
> http://books.google.com/books?q=3Dcorrea%20%22special%20providence%22%20%28=
> Americans%20OR%20America%20OR%20%22united%20states%22%29
>
> It might be possible to verify this, as there are some published letters
> from him (that are not yet in GBS).
>

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