And her life will perhaps be the richer, for holding now within it the…

George MacDonald
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And her life will perhaps be the richer, for holding now within it the memory of what came, but could not stay. ✨ George MacDonald (2015). Delphi Complete Works of George MacDonald (Illustrated), p.41, Delphi Classics
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And her life will perhaps be the richer, for holding now within it the memory of what came, but could not stay. ✨ George MacDonald (2015). Delphi Complete Works of George MacDonald (Illustrated), p.41, Delphi Classics

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