The man, who has begun to live more seriously within, begins to live m…

Phillips Brooks
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The man, who has begun to live more seriously within, begins to live more simply without. ✨ Phillips Brooks, John Cotton Brooks (1910). Sermons: The candle of the Lord, and other sermons
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