I am sometimes almost terrified at the scope of the demands made upon …

George MacDonald
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I am sometimes almost terrified at the scope of the demands made upon me, at the perfection of the self-abandonment required of me; yet outside of such absoluteness can be no salvation. ✨ George MacDonald (2015). Delphi Complete Works of George MacDonald (Illustrated), p.8597, Delphi Classics
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I am sometimes almost terrified at the scope of the demands made upon me, at the perfection of the self-abandonment required of me; yet outside of such absoluteness can be no salvation. ✨ George MacDonald (2015). Delphi Complete Works of George MacDonald (Illustrated), p.8597, Delphi Classics

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