It was clear to me, as I glanced back over my earlier life, that a lov…

Hans Christian Andersen
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It was clear to me, as I glanced back over my earlier life, that a loving Providence watched over me, that all was directed for me by a higher power. ✨ Hans Christian Andersen (1871). The Story of My Life, p.146
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It was clear to me, as I glanced back over my earlier life, that a loving Providence watched over me, that all was directed for me by a higher power. ✨ Hans Christian Andersen (1871). The Story of My Life, p.146

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