There is this difference between the growth of some human beings and t…

George MacDonald
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There is this difference between the growth of some human beings and that of others: in the one case it is a continuous dying, in the other a continuous resurrection. ✨ George MacDonald, Rolland Hein (2004). The Heart of George MacDonald: A One-Volume Collection of His Most Important Fiction, Essays, Sermons, Drama, and Biographical Information, p.31, Regent College Publishing
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