The burned hand teaches best. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Two Towers:…

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The burned hand teaches best. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings, p.584, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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