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To Be Ordinary Is Not A Choice: It Is The Usual Freedom Of Men Without Visions.
-Thomas Merton
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To Be Ordinary Is Not A Choice:
Thomas Merton
To Be Ordinary Is Not A Choice: It Is The Usual Freedom Of Men Without Visions.
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