So he lived, not knowing and not seeing any chance of knowing what he …

Leo Tolstoy
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So he lived, not knowing and not seeing any chance of knowing what he was and for what purpose he had been placed in the word.
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So he lived, not knowing and not seeing any chance of knowing what he was and for what purpose he had been placed in the word.

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