You must learn to understand the secret of gratitude. It is more than …

Albert Schweitzer
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You must learn to understand the secret of gratitude. It is more than just so-called virtue. It is revealed to you as a mysterious law of existence. In obedience to it we have to fulfill our destiny.
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