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As the essence of courage is to stake one's life on a possibility, so the essence of faith is to believe that the possibility exists.


William Salter

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WILLIAM CONGREVE Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved.
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WILLIAM WORDSWORTH The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little ...
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH