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I was taught not only to pray but to believe that my prayers could avail much for
me, and never to doubt that my happiness on earth and my eternal happiness
beyond life depended chiefly on my accepting a multitude of things which I could
in ...
I was taught not only to pray but to believe that my prayers could avail much for
me, and never to doubt that my happiness on earth and my eternal happiness
beyond life depended chiefly on my accepting a multitude of things which I could
in ...
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To me, pleasure and my own personal happiness — only infrequently
collaborating with that of others — are all I deem worth a hoot. It would make me
out a much finer and nobler person, I duly appreciate, to say that the happiness
and welfare ...
To me, pleasure and my own personal happiness — only infrequently
collaborating with that of others — are all I deem worth a hoot. It would make me
out a much finer and nobler person, I duly appreciate, to say that the happiness
and welfare ...
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happiness and welfare of all mankind were close to my heart, that nothing gave
me more soulful happiness than to make others happy and that I would gladly
sacrifice every cent I have in the world, together with maybe a leg, to bring a little
joy ...
happiness and welfare of all mankind were close to my heart, that nothing gave
me more soulful happiness than to make others happy and that I would gladly
sacrifice every cent I have in the world, together with maybe a leg, to bring a little
joy ...
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