Be joyful because it is humanly possible. ✨ Wendell Berry (2012). A Co…

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Be joyful because it is humanly possible. ✨ Wendell Berry (2012). A Continuous Harmony: Essays Cultural and Agricultural, p.40, Counterpoint Press
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