Yet I know that good is coming to me—that good is always coming; thoug…

George MacDonald
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Yet I know that good is coming to me—that good is always coming; though few have at all times the simplicity and the courage to believe it. What we call evil, is the only and best shape, which, for the person and his condition at the time, could be assumed by the best good. And so, FAREWELL. ✨ George Macdonald (2016). Phantastes, p.249, George Macdonald
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