The world is put back by the death of every one who has to sacrifice t…

Florence Nightingale
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The world is put back by the death of every one who has to sacrifice the development of his or her peculiar gifts to conventionality. ✨ Florence Nightingale (2017). Cassandra and Suggestions for Thought by Florence Nightingale, p.201, Routledge
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The world is put back by the death of every one who has to sacrifice the development of his or her peculiar gifts to conventionality. ✨ Florence Nightingale (2017). Cassandra and Suggestions for Thought by Florence Nightingale, p.201, Routledge

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