Whose work is it but your own to open your eyes? But indeed the busine…

George MacDonald
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Whose work is it but your own to open your eyes? But indeed the business of the universe is to make such a fool out of you that you will know yourself for one, and begin to be wise. ✨ George MacDonald (2015). Delphi Complete Works of George MacDonald (Illustrated), p.10035, Delphi Classics
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