Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish. ✨ Blessed …

John Henry Newman
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Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish. ✨ Blessed John Henry Newman, Aeterna Press (2015). Discussions and Arguments, p.136, Aeterna Press
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