How did a poor farmer’s son who spent his youth publicly mocking religious preachers and never joined a church earn the description “Christ in Miniature” by Leo Tolstoy (White, “Divine Providence”)? …

How did a poor farmer’s son who spent his youth publicly mocking religious preachers and never joined a church earn the description “Christ in Miniature” by Leo Tolstoy (White, “Divine Providence”)? …
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