I saw how greatly he suffered the requirement of being clever. It sepa…

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I saw how greatly he suffered the requirement of being clever. It separated him from his soul, and it didn't get him anything other than a living ✨ Mark Helprin (2005). A Soldier of the Great War, p.520, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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I saw how greatly he suffered the requirement of being clever. It separated him from his soul, and it didn't get him anything other than a living ✨ Mark Helprin (2005). A Soldier of the Great War, p.520, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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