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To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you that you ought to prefer is to have kept your soul alive.
To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you that you ought to prefer is to have kept your soul alive.
Approximate author period: c. 1872 AD · industrial
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- Robert Louis Stevenson
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- Approximate author period: c. 1872 AD · industrial
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